MONDAY, JULY 11, 2011
SUPERNORMAL 2011 PRESS RELEASE
SUPERNORMAL is a surprising new addition to the summer calendar, a spontaneous and experimental artist-led event perfectly located in the magical looking-glass world that is Braziers Park in Oxfordshire. Supernormal returns to the fundamental spirit of utopianism, imagination and adventure that is all too often lost in the financially-driven, artistically nondescript realm of the twenty-first century festival circuit, as a vibrant spectacle of cult live music, performance, discussion and cutting edge contemporary art.
Taking place in the sprawling ramshackle rounds of the 17th century mansion that is home to Braziers Park School of Integrative Social Research (BSISR), Supernormal investigates the power of multiple arts practice to reshape the festival format through collective action thus continuing the tradition of counter-cultural activity established by BSISR, Britain’s oldest secular community that dates back to the Second World War. As well as being the childhood home of Ian Fleming and Marianne Faithfull, the likes of Alexander Trocchi, R.D.Laing and John Latham have all contributed to the revolutionary Braziers spirit.
The first SUPERNORMAL in 2010, headlined by Faust, was a heady, refreshing weekend of magic and mayhem, and this year’s event builds on its spirit by welcoming a host of guest curators, including Rocket Recordings, Heidi Heelz (Dice Club), and visual arts curator Matilda Strang, who have assembled a fresh, diverse and sparkling array of cult musical attractions and curiosities, from the legendary psychedelic transgressions of Skullflower, paragons of ethereal experimentation Cindytalk (fresh from Ray Davies’ Meltdown), glam visionaries David Devant & his Spirit Wife and the last ever show by improv iconoclasts The A Band, to new talent like Gnod, Flats, Toy, Teeth Of The Sea, Gum Takes Tooth, Rose Elinor Dougall, and Maria And The Mirrors, with surprise headliners and alarming special guests still yet to be announced.
Meanwhile, everything from an Anat-Ben David (Chicks On Speed) collaboration with Dirty Electronics to a Sing-A-Long-A-Wicker-Man event, from a 36-hour continuous musical perfomance from Hákarl and friends to a performative lecture entitled Post-Colonial Cannibal will be taking place amidst the verdant English countryside.
SUPERNORMAL is an intimate event for an exclusive audience of five hundred, allowing the exploration of the site and out-buildings where a whole range of events will take place. Not run for profit, it is organised and curated by a small network of artists and musicians who share the aims and ethos of this truly alternative event, and takes place on an eco-site with fresh running water, eco toilets and hot outdoor showers with a wooded camping area.
For more information contact Sam: supernormalfestival@gmail.com
And visit: http://supernormalfestival.co.uk http://www.facebook.com/supernormalfest http://supernormalfestival2011.blogspot.com http://www.braziers.org.uk/ http://www.braziersworkshop.org/ http://www.twitter.com/SUPERNORMALFEST
FESTIVAL 2011
DATE: 19TH – 21ST AUGUST
LOCATION: BRAZIERS PARK OXFORDSHIRE OX10 6AN UNITED KINGDOM
MUSIC INCLUDES: SKULLFLOWER CINDY TALK TEETH OF THE SEA PINK REASON
THE A BAND THE FAKIRS (DAVID DEVANT & HIS SPIRIT WIFE) FLATS PRIMORDIAL UNDERMIND GNOD THOUGHT FORMS TOY PROXY MUSIC BLACK ABBA FUZZY LIGHTS ...AND MANY MORE
ART INCLUDES: GERALDINE SWAYNE JUNEAU PROJECTS DIRTY ELECTRONICS ANAT BEN-DAVID THE a.P.A.t.T. ORCHESTRA LUCIENNE COLE TAI SHANI WILL CRUICKSHANK JOSHUA RAFFELL ...AND MANY MORE
Taking place in the sprawling ramshackle rounds of the 17th century mansion that is home to Braziers Park School of Integrative Social Research (BSISR), Supernormal investigates the power of multiple arts practice to reshape the festival format through collective action thus continuing the tradition of counter-cultural activity established by BSISR, Britain’s oldest secular community that dates back to the Second World War. As well as being the childhood home of Ian Fleming and Marianne Faithfull, the likes of Alexander Trocchi, R.D.Laing and John Latham have all contributed to the revolutionary Braziers spirit.
The first SUPERNORMAL in 2010, headlined by Faust, was a heady, refreshing weekend of magic and mayhem, and this year’s event builds on its spirit by welcoming a host of guest curators, including Rocket Recordings, Heidi Heelz (Dice Club), and visual arts curator Matilda Strang, who have assembled a fresh, diverse and sparkling array of cult musical attractions and curiosities, from the legendary psychedelic transgressions of Skullflower, paragons of ethereal experimentation Cindytalk (fresh from Ray Davies’ Meltdown), glam visionaries David Devant & his Spirit Wife and the last ever show by improv iconoclasts The A Band, to new talent like Gnod, Flats, Toy, Teeth Of The Sea, Gum Takes Tooth, Rose Elinor Dougall, and Maria And The Mirrors, with surprise headliners and alarming special guests still yet to be announced.
Meanwhile, everything from an Anat-Ben David (Chicks On Speed) collaboration with Dirty Electronics to a Sing-A-Long-A-Wicker-Man event, from a 36-hour continuous musical perfomance from Hákarl and friends to a performative lecture entitled Post-Colonial Cannibal will be taking place amidst the verdant English countryside.
SUPERNORMAL is an intimate event for an exclusive audience of five hundred, allowing the exploration of the site and out-buildings where a whole range of events will take place. Not run for profit, it is organised and curated by a small network of artists and musicians who share the aims and ethos of this truly alternative event, and takes place on an eco-site with fresh running water, eco toilets and hot outdoor showers with a wooded camping area.
For more information contact Sam: supernormalfestival@gmail.com
And visit: http://supernormalfestival.co.uk http://www.facebook.com/supernormalfest http://supernormalfestival2011.blogspot.com http://www.braziers.org.uk/ http://www.braziersworkshop.org/ http://www.twitter.com/SUPERNORMALFEST
FESTIVAL 2011
DATE: 19TH – 21ST AUGUST
LOCATION: BRAZIERS PARK OXFORDSHIRE OX10 6AN UNITED KINGDOM
MUSIC INCLUDES: SKULLFLOWER CINDY TALK TEETH OF THE SEA PINK REASON
THE A BAND THE FAKIRS (DAVID DEVANT & HIS SPIRIT WIFE) FLATS PRIMORDIAL UNDERMIND GNOD THOUGHT FORMS TOY PROXY MUSIC BLACK ABBA FUZZY LIGHTS ...AND MANY MORE
ART INCLUDES: GERALDINE SWAYNE JUNEAU PROJECTS DIRTY ELECTRONICS ANAT BEN-DAVID THE a.P.A.t.T. ORCHESTRA LUCIENNE COLE TAI SHANI WILL CRUICKSHANK JOSHUA RAFFELL ...AND MANY MORE
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