Ten Years Alive: Jakob Ullmann 'Solo I/Solo IV' + Tony Conrad 'The Flicker'

Ten Years Alive closes at Weld with the simultaneous performance by Rebecca Lane and Jon Heilbron of two solo works by German composer Jakob Ullmann. Often at the threshold of audibility yet thrumming with a vibrancy and exquisite tension, Jakob Ullmann's work is unique in contemporary compositional practice.

This is paired with two 16mm film works by Tony Conrad — his legendary, but all-too-rarely seen structuralist classic 'The Flicker' and a shorter, later flicker film 'Straight and Narrow' (made in collaboration with his then wife Beverly Conrad).

Jakob Ullmann —

Solo I (1992/93-2010) for flute

Solo IV (2013/14) for low string instrument

Rebecca Lane, quarter-tone flutes

Jon Heilbron, double bass

Tony Conrad —

The Flicker (1966)

Tony Conrad, Beverley Conrad —

Straight & Narrow (1970)

nb: this programme features flashing / stroboscopic lights