irezicle (emma hendrix) is a multimedia artist who became involved in experimental sound around 1997. Originally a member of the 'prog/country' band
beauventure (
Stephen Lyons,
Francois Dyment), and therefore at least partially responsible for such ideas as 1998's
Wrong Number (a loaf of toast, a telephone and a lonely lonely man) at Cafe Deux Soleil, or 1999's
A Kitchen Set (pre-recorded kitchen orchestra with toy organ, coffee/toast creation and consumption, violin and plate destruction) at (the) sugar refinery.
In 2000, emma began working with
Graeme Scott in
coin gutter. they began playing with rock bands in bars, clearing rooms and soundmen alike (yes, they all were men). coin gutter released their first album,
promo, in the summer of 2000 and emma toured the country in his white k-car wagon, promoting the cd to any radio stations and people he could find.
Coin gutter has now released 8 CD's, including 2003's
all your dreams are meaningless (
notype) and the new
pigeonless (featuring artwork by Ek and cameraman), available for download from
coingutter.ca. coin gutter has also played
MUTEK, opened for the wondrous
Pan Sonic and
Books on Tape, and toured Canada 3 times.
Irezicle's other work includes many multimedia installations, theatre, composition for film, video, performance art and dance, radio art, sonic street art, interactive noise music, film, video, sonic photographs etc.
Multimedia installation work includes 2003's
Centre for Disease Control, in conjunction with
INFEST (International Festival of Artist Run Centres) with the experimental arts collective
Disasteroids (26 artists, emergency art, 1 night). Disasteroids artwork soon followed with such works as
Call to Disorder,
Cross-Pollinate, and
Short Circuit/Altered Piece for 2005's
LIVE Biennial of Performance Art.
Solo installation work includes the rewired telephone audio artistry of
G.A.B. with video projection by Malcolm Daniel, the sonic street art collaboration with
cameraman called
ninety o'clock (highlighted in the
Globe and Mail Nov 19, 2007-Timothy Taylor), the molasses based sonic mutation piece called
Sweet hearAfter, and the acclaimed interactive sound piece
dont, stop, created with artist
Julie Gendron.
emma has also made several sonic compositions for film and video including
Sarania, and BadBoy by
Velveeta Krisp,
Byron Dauncey's Christian Counselor and sound for other artists including
Tanya Marquardt's experimental theatre piece,
Liminal, and dancers such as
Jennifer Mcleish-Lewis,
Tanya Marquardt,
Katy Harris-Mcleod,
Daelik,
Cordelia Lange etc.
Emma is currently finishing the documentation of a site-specific interactive street art project,
Crappy Gifts from Complete Strangers, with
Tanya Marquardt (February 2008) and preparing for Vancouver's greatest haunted house ever with the reformation of the one and only
Disasteroids.
BTW: some of the music you hear on this site was originally part of a performance or installation... trying to upload the videos whenever i can....