Make Your Own Instrument

@ Electric Picnic 2010

Thanks to everyone who joined in and took part in 'Make Your Own Instrument' @ Electric Picnic this year. In a mish-mash of banging, stamping, drumming, thumping and any action that could describe the musical interpretation of everyday objects and bits...a pretty good sound was created. We'll be headlining next year!!

Heres a few pics of the weekend.

E.P. 2010

Good news!

Knee-jerk will be taking part in this years Electric Picnic Music and Arts Festival, hope to see you all there!

Schedule to follow...

Outside: Insight

@ Brigits garden, Roscahill

11th July- end of August

On the opening day of ‘Outside Insight’ 2010, us Knee-jerks operated a recording station in Brigid’s Garden. Members of the public were invited to imitate the calls of an assortment of exotic and fictitious animals. The outcome of the recordings can be heard around the gardens for the duration of the exhibition.

This project aims to highlight the idea of the garden as a human subversion of nature. Human hubris sees us attempt to be architects of the natural world so via knee-jerks playful imitation and exhibition scenario this work aims to establish a parody where the public bellows absurdly out of trees and bushes. Humans are the real mystery and anomalies hidden between the lines written by the ‘garden’.

Thanks to everyone who participated, it was a great opening! Listen out for us if you're visiting the garden before September!

Check It Out!

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Pass the Parcel Galway!

Happening No. 3

pass the Giant parcel Galway,

Wednesday May 26th,

Eyre Square @ 4pm.

The event is part of our ongoing series of public events, called Happenings.

Members of the public are invited to meet in Eyre Square and join us in a game of pass the giant parcel. Much like the traditional pass the parcel game everyone will form a circle and pass the parcel until the music stops, with a surprise to be found at the end! We are looking for all members and all ages to join in.

Through Happenings, we as Knee-jerk wish to engage with members of the public in a fun and social way in order to broaden our creative vernacular.

Pass the Parcel Catherine!

Pass the Parcel Catherine!

For The Spirit Store in conjunction with ev+a 2010

7th May @ 5pm

Catherine Street,

Limerick City

A Collective Sigh of Relief

13th March

14:00-22:00

126 Artist-run Gallery

Queen Street Galway

126 has united the long feuding collectives of A4 Sounds, Expanded Draught, MART and Knee-Jerk. For one day only these bitter enemies shall set aside their differences to bring you an afternoon of art, live music, video, happenings, djs and your participation.

Erasers

At the end of the day a table was set up at the door where erasers and disposable cups of white emulsion and paint brushes were supplied. Each person partaking was given a white t-shirt with ERASER written front and back. They were then directed to literally erase all the mark making that occurred during the day. A mêlée of mock official 'ERASERS' rubbing and scrubbing ensued!

In this way we achieved a dramatic closure to the event in the Dadaist vein!

Happening No. 2

Happening No. 2

Make Your Own Instrument and Sound Event

25th February 2010,

Galway Arts Centre

'Make your own instrument' was so much fun when we did it down in Cork, with Cork Contemporary Projects so we brought it up to Galway!It was great night. Loads of people came, made some very inventive instruments and i think everyone had fun when we played them at the end!

The Boon Tea Room

Cork based artist collective 'Cork Contemporary Projects' recently set up The Boon Tea Room, a six week project which transformed their artist-led gallery 'The Space' into an informal art cafe / art shop which operated mainly as a meeting point, performance space and forum for creative discussion and collaboration.

As part of this project Knee-jerk held the event "Make Your Own Instrument" where participants were obliged to create their own instruments from the random detritus provided by the collective. The sounds and instrument assemblage will all be recorded for potential future exhibition.