THE McCARRICKS + Tansy Spinks
Friday 26th JanuaryDoors 7.30pm, UKP 7/5 members / concessions
The McCarricks
Martin McCarrick - Cello/Piano
Kimberlee McCarrick - Violin
".......dark, evocative, compelling, hypnotic, unsettling, strange and
beautiful...." these are all words used to describe the unique audio visual
experience delivered by cellist Martin McCarrick and violinist Kimberlee
McCarrick. For this performance The McCarricks return to The Horse Hospital
to celebrate the work of Scottish film maker Norman McLaren (1914 - 87)
whose innovative animated film techniques often eliminated the camera
completely and instead saw the artist drawing, painting or scratching
directly onto the film. The McCarricks have composed new soundtracks for
McLarens work especially for this performance and will also be playing a
selection of music from their current show 'Music From The Third Floor'.
The McCarricks met in Lawrence, Kansas on a balmy summer evening in 1996.
Martin was touring with rock band Therapy? and Kimberlee was a violinist
with the Kansas Symphony Orchestra. For two years they lived between Martins
home in London and Kimberlee's Kansas City apartment until 1998 when they
left the heat and the tornadoes and settled in London. The have worked
together as composers, collaborators, string arrangers and live musicians
and will be touring the UK and Europe from March 2007.
For more information 
Tansy Spinks plays live loops on a blue electric violin. Her performances are inspired by and act as responses to an artwork, a building or a situation. She has performed at the Camden Arts Centre as part of the 'Fassbinder's Jukebox' performance evening curated by Michael Curran, in four major galleries at the V & A during the Fete de la Music day in South Kensington and in Fine Art departments at Middlesex and Camberwell. This evening she will be playing two works devised specifically for the Horse Hospital. She is also a visual artist and lecturer and lives in London.
See www.tansyspinks.com