2024

Berlin: Experimontag

Madame Claude

22 January 2024, 9pm

Felix-Florian Tödtloff (Ambient / Germany); Gail Priest (Experimental electronic / Australia); DJ OffCourse (Experimental/Berlin)

https://madameclaude.de/event/felix-florian-todtloff-gail-priest-dj-offcourse/

 

2023

Simmmer

Penrith Performing and Visual Arts Gallery

1 December, doors open at 6pm, performances from 7pm.

A rare outing in which Gail will perform 2 sets: one exploring the relationship of sound and freewriting producing a instant zine; one a new venture in audiovisuals including live cymatics, the use of sound vibrations to produce visual patterns.

Tickets: $15, book here

 

MCA Live: Gail Priest with Tarek Atoui's Water's Witness

Museum of Contemporary Art

24 November, 6-6:30pm

Experience a live solo activation by sound artist Gail Priest in Tarek Atoui: Waters' Witness. With voice, field recordings, and accidental rhythms, Priest will utilise the exhibition as an expanded "sound system", inviting audiences to tune into its multisensory listening possibilities.

https://www.mca.com.au/whats-on/sound-performance-gail-priest/

 

Peachey & Mosig: New Mountain

Blue Mountains Cultural Centre

18 November, October, 6:30pm-10:30pm

New Mountain is a three channel live video work by Rachel Peachey and Paul Mosig, exploring human/environment relationships in the context of deep time with accompanying sound by Gail Priest, Chris Caines, Benjamin Ward and Tilman Robinson.

Dream Alley Dream is a conscientiously curated exploratory and experimental music series occurring across venues within the Blue Mountains, on Dharug and Gundungurra Country, coordinated by Brett Thompson, Eloise Maree and Robert Frost.

Information & Tickets

 

Dream Alley Dream #6

Jasmine Guffond, Alexandra Spence and Gail Priest

11 March 2023, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre

 

SoundOut 2023

27 - 29 January 2023
ANU Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra

 

2022

room40 @ The Substation

Artists: Haco, Aviva Endean, Gail Priest
3 November 2022, The Substation, Melboure

 

Make It Up Club

Gail Priest with Abby Sundborn
15 November 2022, Bar Open, Melboure

 

After Dark at The Hyde Park Barracks

curated by Byron Scullin
Germ Studies, Robbie Avenaim, Alex White, Gail Priest, Nina Buchanan and Del Lumanta.
30 June 2022, Hyde Park Barracks

Image credit: Boundary Conditions, Daniel Crooks, 2022. © Daniel Crooks. Courtesy the artist and Anna Schwartz Gallery. Photo: © Joshua Morris for Sydney Living Museums.

 

Dark MOFO: Glossolalia

Solos and duo by Gail Priest and Matt Warren (We're Not Afraid of the Dark)
19 June 2022,  Melville St near Corner of Argyle St   

See room40 release of performance

2020

STEEP ST. 005

Artists: Gail Priest,   Peter Blamey,   Hour House
29 February 2020
Bathurst St Katoomba

 

2019

Sydney Festival 2019: T5 Tank Project, Mosman Art Gallery

8-channel site-specific performance and installation in a decommissioned WWII oil tank.
See Project page

photo: Tim Conolly

 

Soft Centre 2019 Commission

Gail Priest X Karul Projects
(Thomas E.S.Kelly & Taree Sansbury)
present Jogun Maibin
14 September 2019, Casula Powerhouse

 

Soundscapes #30

March 7 2019,  Smith's Alternative, Canberra

Mahamudra #10

20 March 2019, Hideaway Bar, Enmore

 

Making Space

1 May 2019, 107 Projects, Redfern

2018

room40's Open Frame

Artists: William Basinski, Pan Daijing, Drew McDowall presents Coil’s Time Machines, Gail Priest, Ears Have Ears DJs
29 July 2018, Carriageworks

 

The Altitude Project

'On a Wing' & 'Orographic Lift', two compositions for live performance commissioned for the Altitude Project, curated by Miriam Williamnson & Mahalya Middlemist.
Kingsford Smith Park Sound Shell, Katoomba, 17 February 2018
http://thealtitudeproject.com/the-sites/kingsford-smith-park/

2017

INSIDE: Concert series

curated by Matthew Hopkins
Paddington Town Hall
12 November 2017

 

RMIT Gallery: Experimenta Make Sense Up Late

Gail Priest (sound) / Cat Full of Ghosts (visuals)
RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
2 November  2017

Image: Theresa Harrison Photography

 

Cipta Gelar Remix Project

with Dan MacKinlay, Anomie, Kieren Ruffles
29 September 2017
107 Projects Redfern
https://hiteklotek.bandcamp.com/album/cipta-gelar-remixed

 

Ultracollective

Artists: Gail Priest, Hidden, m.rocket & ghostgirl, Scattered Order
9 September 2017

 

Monash University Music Residency

1 week residency and concert with MEME - Monash Electronic Music Ensemble
23 August 2017

 

Liquid Architecture/MUMA: Sound Spaces

Artists: Félicia Atkinson [FR] and Gail Priest

A performance manifestation of some of the material from the Sounding the Future project.
5 August 2017
Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne

 

M*Synch: Unconscious Collective, Hypnapod

MPavilion, Melbourne, 11 February 2017
http://www.unconsciouscollective.org/msync/

 

SoundOut 2017

Drill Hall, Canberra, 4-5 February 2017
http://soundout2017.blogspot.com.au

Image: Susan Clarke

2016

Vertical Waves + electronicgirls, Venice Mestre

Vertical Waves Project with Bertrand Rossa (IT)
Federico Dal Pozzo (IT)
Gail Priest (AUS)
13 November 2016
Associazione Culturale Internazionale
"Atelier 3+10" Studio Artistico

Nor∂andvindur Sound Residency & Festival

Across September-October I took part in the Nor∂anvindur Sound Art Residency run by Listhus in Olafsfjor∂ur, Northern Iceland.  There were several performances and presentations that took place across the residency.

Airings
Herring Era Museum, Siglufjor∂ur
20 October 2016

Songmapping Olafsfjor∂ur Live
Salur Myndlistafélagsins, Akureyri
October 28, 2016

Songmapping Olafsfjor∂ur - installation
Salur Myndlistafélagsins, Akureyri
29 October 2016

A! Festival
Akureyri Art Museum
3 September 2016

Final concert
Verksmiðjan á Hjalteyri
30 October 2016

http://listhus.com/norethanvindur-north-wind-sound-art-residency-program.html

https://www.facebook.com/events/164274887366229/?active_tab=about

 

Pretty Gritty #16 - AV duo with Marieke Verbiesen

Pretty Gritty #16 - reanimations
Dan Mackinlay
Kynan Tan
Marieke Verbiesen (live animation) + Gail Priest
Actual Russian Brides

17 July 2016
107 Projects, Redfern

The NOW now 2016

January 18, 2016
107 Projects, Redfern

Earopund women's music festival

A 2 day festival of eclectic genres, flipping the gender balance to 80% women, 20% men.
curated by Astrid Zeman & Hiske Weijers.
30 January 2016
Alpha Gallery

2015

Experimontag

Artists: Jasmine Guffond, Gail Priest
26 October 2015, Madame Claude, Berlin, Germany

 

Kammer Klang, Café Oto, London

Artists: Speak Percussion, Plus Minus & Matthew Schlomowitz, Gail Priest
3 November, 2015
Kamer Klang, Cafe Oto, London
http://kammerklangarchives.co.uk/3-November

Listen to the complete concert on Clear Spot Resonance FM

 

.move On, Werkleitz Festival Opening

9 October, 2015
Halle-Saale, Germany

Men er’e eksperimentelt ‘a?

Artists: A.Rishaug, Gail Priest (AUS)
curated by Petter Flaten Eilertsen
22 October 2015, Kulturehuset, Oslo

 

The NOW Now 2015

14 -18 January 2015
The Red Rattler

2014

Atelier Calder, Saché, France

To conclude Gail's residency period in Central France a private concert at the Atelier Calder was arranged by Sandra Emonet.

15 December, 2014

Documentation & Interview here (in French)
http://aaar.fr/revue/article/de-lart-sonore-avec-gail-priest-par-romain-deschambres-et-sandra-emonet/

 

Cave 40

2 December 2014, Bourges

 

Rencontres Bandits-Mages

Performance & discussion between Gail Priest and Alexandre Castant
plus carte blanche - Listening Visions screening Program
14 November 2014, Le Guillotin, Bourges

Photo: Amar Belmabrouk

 

DECIBEL - After Julia

Featuring Hon Julia Gillard. 
The concert featured the world premieres of seven newly commissioned works by outstanding Australian composers reflecting on the Hon. Julia Gillard's time as the first female Prime Minister of Australia. The broad collection of works includes a 6-girl choir, instructions from goldfish, spoken phrases turned into musical gestures, mouth organs and more. 

Gail Priest - Everything and Nothing
Thembi Soddell - our sickness is felt in my body
Cat Hope -Tough It Out
Cathy Milliken - Shifrorl
Michaela Davies - Goldfish Variation
Kate Moore - Oil Drums
Andree Greenwell - Arrows I, II

Eugene Goosens Hall, ABC Centre, Ultimo, Sydney
Live to Air, ABC Classic FM, New Music Up Late
8 November 2014
Presented by ABC Classic FM and Tura New Music
http://www.decibelnewmusic.com/after-julia.html

2013

Diffuse @ UTS

with Gail Priest, Peter Hollo, Alon Ilsar, Roger Mills& Nathan Wilson
curated by Jon Drummond

Each peformer played a small solo which overlapped with the next the performer.. Here is an excerpt of my performance sequing with Peter Hollo's cello wonder.

June 2013
Bon Marche Studio, UTS

2013 gigs also included 107 Open Day & Pretty Gritty

2012

blue | green vinyl launch

Artists: Emily Grantham, Broken Chip, Dan Whiting, Kate Carr, Gail Priest
4 November 2012
107 Projects, Redfern

Crests & Troughs @ UTS

manipulated live and prerecorded vocal material, pretty/dirty crests and troughs, beats, sampling, re-mix, found sound

Artists: Gail Priest, Shannon O’Neill, Roger Mills, Scott Saunders
7 June 2012
@ Bon Marche Studio, University of Technology, Sydney

Women of Note - Book Launch

Celebrating the launch of the book Women of Note by Rosalind Appleby (Freemantle Press). with performances by Cat Hope & Decibel, Gail Priest, Betty Beath, Anne Carr-Boyd & Cathie Travers 25 February 2012 UWA's Dolphin Theatre, Perth

 

 

the NOW now 2012

Improv quartet
GAIL PRIEST (Voice & Electronics),
IAN PIETERSE (Baritone Sax),
JEREMY TATAR (Flute)
TONY OSBORNE (Voice & Electronics)

Saturday Jan 21, 2012
@ The Red Rattler

2011

 

psh.live

Tony Osborne, Gail Priest, Whale + Cheng 30 October 30 2011
PSH Gallery, Rozelle

 

The Gate

Artists: Raven, Part-timer / Scissors & Cellotape / Upward Arrows, Ollie Brown, Gail Priest
20 July 2011, The Gate @ Pablo & Rusty's Specialty Coffee

2010

UNCOORDINATED #10
Sonic Acts

with
Ronnu Panda - vocals/laptops
MADHEAD - solo vocals/electronics
C4 (Cornelius Cardew Commemorative Choir )
curated (and with interludes) by Gail Priest
27 November 2010, Fraser Studios

 

Presentiments from the Spider Garden CD Launch

Artists: Gail Priest, Raven (Peter Hollo/FourPlay), Jon Watts, Sounds of Homes (Shane Fahey, Tegan Northwood, Honi Ryan)
6 November 2010, Hardware Gallery

 

Serial Space

Artists: Tomutonntu (Finland), Horse Macgyver, Gail Priest
17 October 2010, Serial Space

 

Cafe Wendel

Artists: Gail Priest (Aus), Arnaud Laprêt solo (France)
7 September 2010, Cafe Wendel, Berlin, Germany

 

wonderwep

16 September 2010
Loos Studios, Den Haag, Netherlands
www.loosfoundation.com

 

Steim

with Astro Twin (Ami Yoshida & Utah Kawasaki), dj sniff, 19 September 2010, Amsterdam, Netherlands

 

Ptarmigan

24 September 2010
Helsinki, Finland

 

Sound Series

Kusum Normoyle, Jon Hunter, Mike Majkowski & Jim Denley, Automating, Gail Priest
20 August 2010, @ Hardware Gallery

 

Serial Space

Jon Rose, Candied Limbs, Gail Priest, Malcolm Riddoch
free non-idiomatic improv and noise meets laptop across the sounds of a roomSunday

July 4, 2010, Serial Space

 

Superdeluxe@Artspace
part of the Biennale of Sydney 2010

An evening of heavy ecstasy with
Machine Death, Mandala Trap, Gail Priest (guest programmer)
3 July 2010
Artspace, Sydney

 

Endgame Records A Cloakroom Assembly's Territory + Population Launch

A Cloakroom Assembly, Pimmon, Shane Fahey, A Slow Rip, Gail Priest
19 June 2010, Megaphon Studios

photo Sam James

the NOW now series #3

The Artist Formally Known As Doctor Deaf Solo Reunion Performance Featuring Gary Butler
Gail Priest - laptop, vocals with Anna Chase - vocals, accordion
A first time collaboration that we suspect might yield velvety swathes, pretty shards and hints of song
Simon O'Rorke (New Zealand) - drums, percussion / Jack Dibben - guitar / Milica Stefanovic - electric bass
May 17, 2010, @ Serial Space

2009

Peats Ridge Festival

December 30, 2009, Peats Ridge Festival 2009

photo Sam James

 

1/4_inch

Artists: Rob Hughes, Gail Priest, Mark Brown & Khaled Sabsabi, Emma Russak and Alec Marshall, and Sounds Of Homes
22 August 2008

2008

Electronic Church

Gail Priest + Sam James (Australia)
Recent audiovisual experiments from Calcutta, Prague & Glasgow
Fabrizio Nocci + Philipp Geist
19 June 2008, Electronic Church, Berlin

2007

Circadian Rhythms

Featuring: Tarab, Jim Denley & Gail Priest
Guest curator: Gail Priest
14 September 2007
See project page

 

Electrofringe-This is Not Art

An evening of performances from Electrofringe artists in the great outdoors. Featuring: Gail Priest, Secret Killer Of Names, Ross F Manning, Hetleveiker, Fugal Queese, Undecisive God, Anna Chase
30 September 2007, Newcastle

 

Immersion: Electrical Empathy

Lead artists: Samuel James & Gail Priest
Collaborators: Cicada (Nick Ritar, Kirsten Bradley), Scott Morrison, Peter Newman, Jason Sweeney & Ai Yamamoto
11-16 June 2007, Performance Space @ CarriageWorks

2006

Imaginary conversations in reverberant rooms launch

with sets by Gail Priest and her co-producers: Julian Knowles, Peter Blamey, Jasper Streit
video interludes by Sam James
1 November 2006, Lan Franchi's Memorial Discotheque

 

Ten[d]ancy

Multiroom live sound installation to accomapny the The Tend[d]ancy exhibition (July 8-Oct 22)
Curated by Sally Breen & Tania Doropolous
18 August 2006, Elizabeth Bay House

 

Liquid Architecture 7

Artists: Pimmon, Dean Roberts (NZ), Greg Davis & Jeph Jerman (USA), Donna Hewitt & Julian Knowles, Gail Priest
6 July 2006, Performance Space

2005

Typhoon - performing sound

Program 1: Haco, Joyce Hinterding, Robin Fox, Fast Mountain Die
Program 2: Jojo Hiroshige, Lovely Midget, Gail Priest, Stasis Duocurated by Caleb K.
21-22 October 2005, Artspace

photo Mr Snow

Elec-Sonic BBQ, Electrofringe

Live audio visual perfomance with Samuel James, (video)
3 October 2005, TPI House, Newcastle

Continuum Sax - 4 x 4

Margery Smith, soprano sax; James Nightingale, alto sax; Martin Kay, tenor sax; Jarrod Whitbourn, baritone sax; and special Guest Artist: Gail Priest, Sound Artist
20 August 2005, Music Workshop, Sydney Conservatorium of Music

The Audiotheque 2005: Finding The Signal In The Noise

ABC's The Night Air present an evening of live audio experimentation with sound and visual artists Ben Byrne, Shannon O’Neill, Pimmon, Joyce Hinterding, Rik Rue, Gail Priest, Ivan Lisyak, Sherre Delys, and Fold. Presented in association with The Media Department at Macquarie University. The Audiotheque 2005: Finding The Signal In The Noise was broadcast nationally on September 18 2005 at 8.30pm
27 August 2005, ABC Studio 22, ABC Centre

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