Myself and Tom Baker getting amongst it at MIUC coming up 19th Feb
Explorative surgery, deconstructions and manipulations of field recording work taken throughout Sth East Asia and India in 2012, herbs and spice courtesy of analog synth, live loops and electronics.
I have just finished work with local artist Bridget Nicholson for her upcoming work “Witness” at abbots ford convent. A highly talented lady who takes sculptures of peoples feet and displays them in unique patterns. I edited and set up a 5 channel sound system for her work and it sounds and looks amazing! Opening Thursday 7th feb.
I am just finishing up a short film for Directer Matt Richards ” Beginners Luck”
First film mixed at our new studio set up “Shotgun Sound” in preston
I have been Composing, Sound designing and Mixing with John Nguyen, a bit of a struggle because of the christmas crush but has come out pretty good in the end.
The new episode i mixed for SSA is up, was another tough nut to crack but i am happy with the results…
I have started location recording for a new Aboriginal Australian exhibition for Melbourne Museum, hard work but the crew is great and the interviews are fascinating !!
I played a rare live performance with Tom Baker last week using our combined manipulations of recordings we took whilst travelling Sth East Asia earlier this year. Played with an awesome line up of artists and turned out to be a great night.
A link to a live recording of the show:
http://soundcloud.com/staleblog/ryan-granger-tom-baker-live-at
I have gathered over 30 interviews for the artwork being presented as part of Zawa Zawa, it opens Tuesday night, my 10 speaker system will be playing back all the peoples beautiful voices.
looking forward to the opening Tuesday night 5.30-7.30.
http://www.artguide.com.au/exhibition/zawa-zawa-a-survey-of-emerging-melbourne-sound-art-/
After About 80hrs of Music and Dialogue cutting in two weeks, No Good Deed hit the Mix Stage with Neil Bell at the Helm.
Been great working with John Nguyen, John Tummino and Lucy hates on this project, will keep updated as screenings come in.
Diego Ramirez has sent me the final Video for his installation work i composed for.
Great Video documenting the approach and style.
Here is some writing about it:
Heart-Shaped Bruises employs an abstract scene of domestic violence as an allegory to explore issues related to gender. Accentuating plasticity and artifice, I perform a couple made of two pervasive gender stereotypes, the “Femme Fatale” and “The Jock”. Clearly, the “couple” is not a real couple, but me lip-synching, dressing and cross-dressing. The characters have a dramaturgic edge, but are by no means unrealistic. Heart-Shaped Bruises seeks to question the way in which we perform gender stereotypes and the social harm that they produce, as well as bringing attention to their absurdity.
The abrasive sound by Ryan Granger captures the tormented psyche of the characters. Where gender binaries are so violent and destructive that they have bruised their bodies, broken their noses and disfigured their faces.
The flat screens on which the work is presented resemble family portraits, while the sound equipment that surrounds them echoes a home theatre system.
Had a laugh recording lines such as:
“It is recommended that the whistle be smeared with as lubricant jelly” for an online learning module.
Ben Webber was a trooper for eventually not laughing all the way through the lines.
Ryan Granger 