Shadow of the Monolith
In 2010 Werner Dafeldecker and Lawrence English visited the Argentine research bases Marambio and Esperanza on the Antarctic peninsula. In Shadow of the Monolith they weave audio recordings of melting icebergs, seals and penguins into a fascinating acoustic portrait of a landscape.
Lawrence English
Lawrence English is composer, media artist and curator based in Australia. Working across an eclectic array of aesthetic investigations, English’s work prompts questions of field, perception and memory. He investigates the politics of perception, through live performance and installation, to create works that ponder subtle transformations of space and ask audiences to become aware of that which exists at the edge of perception.
Werner Dafeldecker
Born in Vienna in 1964, Werner Dafeldecker has a background in European modern music and improvisation, examination of graphical notations, fluxus, minimal music, electroacoustic music, jazz and field recordings. His musical projects are often inspired by outside influences such as architecture, physics, photography and film. Dafeldecker’s work as a composer and musician revolve around long-time sound and structure studies and the formulation of distinct articulations, and parallel to technological developments, is often connected with electronic formats. In 2014 he released his collaboration project with Lawrence English, a series of audio-visual installations, on the album Shadow of the Monolith.