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Krysko and Kashiwagi Play At Whitworth Art Gallery

• 1st Oct 2010

A social late-night opening with new commissioned music & soundscapes inspired by the exhibitions The Land Between Us and Intuition, and a screening of an Outsider Art documentary by Jarvis Cocker. Part of the Manchester Weekender

DJ Matthew Krysko and artist and gramophone DJ Naomi Kashiwagi (winners of this year's Umbro Industries award) perform a new collaborative DJ set using both modern turntables and wind-up gramophones. They will be turning the tables and winding it up for the weekend. Huw Bunford, guitarist and experimental music maker from Super Furry Animals also be performs a new commissioned sound composition made up of unexpected everyday sounds from the Whitworth. A different take on the art is provided by a rare screening of Journey into The Outside, a documentary about Outsider Art by Jarvis Cocker. Food & drink comes from the award winning Modern Caterer who premieres a Manchester Afternoon Tea: locally inspired dinky sandwiches, coconut scones with homemade strawberry jam and creme anglais, and tea (with with an optional dash of vanilla icecream!) served in 1950s crockery.

3 – 7pm: Manchester Afternoon Tea
5- 6:30pm: Journey to The Outside with Jarvis Cocker
7- 7:30pm: Huw Bunford's Whitworth soundscape
7.30 – 8.45pm: Krysko & Kashiwagi…In The Mix

Krysko & Kashiwagi are co-producers for Performing Rights Society for Music Foundation (PRSMF) New Music Plus 2010 at The Whitworth. This pioneering project is a unique opportunity for cutting-edge music producers to work collaboratively with art galleries, theatres and music venues in the North West to produce new music.

For the latest updates check out Whitworth In The Mix blog.

For more information Krysko & Naomi's Umbro Industries win – link