nz 60x60: Wellington welcomes New Music's fastest-ticking clock

New Zealand is counting down the seconds as it is set to host the annual 60x60 music event for the first time in the project’s history. Organised by indespensible arts mag “White Fungus” and New York’s Vox Novus (a collective of “composers, musicians and facilitators of contemporary music”), 60x60 will take place at Wellington’s “Happy” venue on September 10th. At the heart of the performance will be a compilational composition, seamlessly integrating sixty different works by sixty different composers all taking sixty seconds or less – being played against the image of a giant analog clock with the assistance of Wellington artists. As much as it is a locally organised event, 60x60 also has a strong international focus, with similarly organised performances taking place all around the world. Furthermore, an integral CD version will accompany the live event, allowing for borderless dissamination of the work.

60x60 was initiated in 2003 and his since grown into one of the planet’s most coveted contemporary music events. This year alone, the project received over 2500 submissions from a staggering 50 countries. Because the piece is stylistically diverse and eclectic by default, its success can be explained by the sheer wealth of different approaches on display and its capacity of organically integrating them underneath the roof of “New music”.

It is important to note that there is not one definitive version of the piece, as different regional mixes cohabitate with the all-encompassing international mix. The event in Wellington, for example, will premiere the Pacific-Rim mix and feature live contributions by Birdcatcher (Antony Milton and Bill Wood) as well as Harry Rama with Chris Barama (Jeff Henderson group).

The New Zealand rendition of 60x60 is set to start at 8pm.

Homepage: Vox Novus
Homepage: White Fungus
By Tobias Fischer, published 2008-09-01

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