Glenn Boulter: New Music Plus
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FACT and Biennial
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Glenn Boulter is a visual artist, musician and producer based in Cumbria. He organises events as a director of the artist-led organisation Octopus and performs regularly as a member of improvising collective Aurelie.
Aurelie events have taken place in galleries, art centres, theatres and other unusual spaces such as a football ground, a corporate bank and Kurt Schwitters’ Merzbarn in Ambleside. Recent shows have included two nights at the Royal Opera House Linbury Theatre and support slots with Volcano the Bear and Anti-Pop Consortium.
Octopus was formed with in 2009 with the aim of organising cutting edge experimental music events in Cumbria and the North West. Octopus’ first project was ‘Full of Noises’, a seven day festival that invited four international artists to respond to the environment of Barrow’s shipbuilding district. The resulting works by Haco, Susan Matthews and Mobile Radio were presented during a weekend which also featured performances from Faust, Pram, John Wall and Richard Youngs.
Other current projects include a commission to create a sound installation for a new health centre in Hull, a series of ongoing sound workshops with schools and universities and appearing as one half of tape collage project Twilight Gatherers.