"The Movement of People Working": An exhibition of the films and music by Phill Niblock
Sketch Gallery, 9 Conduit Street, London, W1S 2XG
20 January to 10 March, Tuesday to Saturday, 10am-5pm
Free admission
We are delighted to present, for the first time in the UK, most of the films from The Movement of People Working series by Phill Niblock. The films portray human labour in its most elementary form. Filmed between 1973 to 1991 in locations including Mexico, Hungary, Brazil, Lesotho, Portugal, China and Japan, The Movement of People Working focuses on work as a choreography of movements and gestures, dignifying the mechanical yet natural repetition of labourers actions. In parallel to the films, a wide selection of Niblocks slowly evolving harmonically minimalist music, composed between 1968 and 2006, will be playing continuously in the exhibition space.
The opening on January 20th will feature flautist/bassist Susan Stenger (Band Of Susans/Big Bottom) and guitarist Robert Poss (Band Of Susans), long-time performers of Niblock's music, playing a variety of his pieces (some of which were composed especially for them).
Read more about Phill Niblock at www.phillniblock.com.