Cluster Festival • June 2–11, 2022

Get outside, touch grass and experience a vivid collection of Polycoro fueled augmented reality sculptures. Giant Bison Roaming the city? Ethereal, impossible topiaries resonate as you approach? These immersive works realized by Amy G. Brandon were conjured from the wild imaginings of a diverse cohort of composers. Mason Victoria, Haiying (Jace) Gao, Julian Beutel, Gordon Fitzell, Eliot Britton. Adrian C.N. Berry. These three dimensional, spatialized sound sculptures are accessible by mobile device and are projected into physical space. Walk, run, ride and listen to these imaginative additions to the Winnipeg cityscape.

Featuring newly commissioned works, readings and live musicians, DIAMETRICS sees artists from across disciplines build, dismantle and play. Composer and violist, Melody McKiver performing new works for viola and electronics based on a poem by Chimwemwe Undi. adrian c. n. berry and Jaime Black bring us a performance piece that blends verse, music, projection and textiles.

These performances will be joined by readings of bold new works from participants of Contemporary Verse 2’s BIPOC Writers Intensive.

Gold Cove ∈ RITUAL is a multi-channel video installation featuring the latest audio-visual collaboration between AI entity RITUAL & art-pop performer Gold Cove. Blurring the disciplinary lines between music video production, ethnofiction, and cinematic storytelling, Gold Cove ∈ RITUAL is a glimpse into the future of cultural work through the eyes of surveillance capitalism. From whimsical visions of AI fueled desire to technicolor, this project presents a vibrant collage-based animation and rhythmic visual poetry constructed from videos found from deep within the Internet.

GOLD COVE ∈ RITUAL is co-presented by Cluster and VideoPool Media Arts Centre in their Poolside Gallery. This is a project by Adrian c.n. Berry

queer futures transforms the Winnipeg Art Gallery rooftop into a lush, otherworldly landscape in where artist Heath V. Salazar’s alter ego, Gay Jesus, takes the stage.

THE ONE AND HOLY GAY JESUS is a drag king serving a mouth-watering communion of Latinx wine and non-binary bread. Born of virgin-ish loins and baptized in sex-appeal, he’s best known for his multidisciplinary protest pieces decked out in draglesque.

This performance will be followed by a rooftop ball hosted by Canada’s Drag Race winner, Priyanka. Presented with the support of Synonym Art Consultation, Downtown Winnipeg Biz and Pride Winnipeg.

A deconstructed piano harp has been detuned to a pentatonic based on the natural harmonic series and used as a sympathetic resonator for instrumentalists Nathan Krahn and Gage Salnikowski. The harp acts as a third ethereal voice played without physical touch--a discrete though contingent apparition of a final member in this work for trio.

The composition explores the physics of sound through mathematical relationships between sound waves. Resonance occurs most in unisons, but also shared partials in both overtones and undertones. Krahn and Salnikowski explore and experiment with these relationships using structured improv and short fluxus games.

Get drippy with internationally-acclaimed Toronto-based electronic music duo PHÉDRE. Their bass-heavy sets pay tribute to club, breakbeat, jungle and techno, bringing high-bpm rhythmic soundscapes, performed live using sequencers and synthesizers—a complete audio visual treatment for maximum euphoric vibe-action. This event curated by local tastemaker Brendan Grey brings us a rare offering connecting world class artists with local fringe treasures. Tell your friends, tell your lovers.

Artist Talk

Heath V. Salazar
Saturday, June 4, 2022, 2:30pm
Graffiti Gallery
109 Higgins Avenue