Not of The Totimorphous (Dec 2011)

Not of The Totimorphous (Dec 2011) by GX Jupitter-Larsen

At the BONE performance art fest (2011)

Dec 2 2011, in Bern Switzerland: While performing "Loud Luggage / Booming Baggage" Jessica King sat holding a small amplified suitcase on her head while GX Jupitter-Larsen pressed his larger amplified suitcase into hers. She was squashed downward, as GX leaned in. Noise, as if by a harsh hug.

Mingwave...

The mingwave is that nearly indiscernible pause between an idea and the language used to express that idea. The spark of an idea, and the words that would carry that idea forth do not spring out simultaneously. There is a lag, even if that idea never leaves the brain...

Cultivating Calamities (1997)

Here's side A of the Cultivating Calamities 10 inch mini LP, released on Vinyl Communications in 1997. The sounds came from GX Jupitter-Larsen dragging a tin funnel on a turntable of sandpaper: HERE

Occupy Los Angeles (Nov 11, 2011)

Noise recorded by GX Jupitter-Larsen at Occupy LA, 11.11.11 - HERE

Occupy Los Angeles (Nov 9, 2011)

Some more noise GX Jupitter-Larsen recorded at Occupy LA: HERE

Not of The Totimorphous (2004)

Not of The Totimorphous (Oct 30, 2011)

No Comment Art Show (Oct 13, 2011)

Oct 13 2011 New York, Adel Souto and Ian McGillivray sat up a noise installation by GX Jupitter-Larsen at the No Comment Art Show at 23 Wall Street. The exhibition was inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement at nearby Liberty Plaza. The installation was a hour of sounds from Occupy LA recorded and mixed by GX: HERE + HERE

Occupy Los Angeles (Oct 7, 2011)

Some more noise from Occupy LA: HERE

Occupy Los Angeles (Oct 1, 2011)

A recording by GX Jupitter-Larsen of the first few minutes of the Occupy LA occupation: HERE

The Grinding Gig (1992) / Building Empty Holes (1993)

The first time The Grinding Gig was performed outside of Europe was Dec 1992 in New York, in a dark warehouse basement full of junk. The main source of lighting was the blank static from a TV set hung just above the performers. During the whole 25 minutes, a petrol-like fragrance poured out from the grinder’s motor. As the microphone was slowly pushed into the grinding wheel, it turned into a fine black powder which filled the air. Just two weeks later, with a screwdriver in hand, GX Jupitter-Larsen quietly removed 100 screws from the Coney Island Boardwalk. Staged during most of the day, this performance was another variation of Building Empty Holes.

Changing The Tire (1995)

New York June 1995: A young girl in a gown was wearing an auto tire over their shoulder like a sash. Using an electric drill mounted with a sanding wheel, GX Jupitter-Larsen was wearing away at this tire for 30 minutes. A third performer was processing the resulting sounds. The smell of rubber filled the small club. Polite applause followed.

Meuble pour Trous (1991)

Paris, Oct 24 1991: Two members of The Haters were involved as one performer tore paper while the other used an electric drill to build lots of little empty holes in an variety of large wooden objects. Entitled “Meuble pour Trous”.

Orbit About The Polywave

Since 2009, a team of artists and technicians, in Graz Austria, have been constructing a nanosatellite for low earth orbit. Mursat1 is scheduled to launch in late summer 2012.

In addition to its normal functions, the satellite will implement a performance piece by GX Jupitter-Larsen. Entitled Orbit About The Polywave, Mursat1 will count its steps while in space.

http://sat.weblog.mur.at/?p=148

Not of The Totimorphous (2011)

Painting, not of The Totimorphous by GX Jupitter-Larsen

Tattoo of Nothing (1991)

Dec 29th 1991, New York: tattooist Matthew Jankowski used needles empty of any ink to tattoo the mathematical equation “0 + 0 = 0” on GX Jupitter-Larsen's left arm. This was the second time GX did this! The first “Tattoo of Nothing” was performed in Amsterdam in 1982.

The thin lines of blood left behind by the empty needles would slowly fade over a few days till the tattoos completely disappeared.

The Ventriloquist Act (1991 & 2011)

The Ventriloquist Act was performed only once by GX Jupitter-Larsen, in Denver in 1991. There will be an updated reenactment soon, in Hollywood.

Wind Licked Dirt (1993)

Loud Luggage / Booming Baggage in San Francisco (2011)

Rafael Flores & GX Jupitter-Larsen collaboration (2007)

Rafael Flores & GX Jupitter-Larsen untitled collaboration HERE

Hospital Productions Noise Museum

GX Jupitter-Larsen at Hospital Productions (60 East 3rd St, New York), visiting with Dominick Fernow in his noise museum.

Max Neuhaus & Times Square

On the morning of June 28 2011, Gen Ken Montgomery took GX Jupitter-Larsen, amk, and Damion Romero to visit the Max Neuhaus sound installation at Times Square. The unmarked block of sound, located on a triangular pedestrian island at Broadway between 45th and 46th Streets, is a thick harmonic texture that hovers over a large underground vault covered by heavy grating. GX commented that the tone seemed to him like a sheet of ice that all other street sounds were skating on. An excerpt of GX’s field recording of Times Square is HERE .

Loud Luggage / Booming Baggage in New York (2011)

A short live excerpt: HERE !

Loud Luggage / Booming Baggage in Minneapolis (2011)

A short live excerpt: HERE !

Andrew Novick saves everything...

Andrew Novick is both a horologist and an omniphilist. He has a collection of collections. Is collecting collections louder than just collecting a single type of thing? You should hear his CD of his phone conversations with telephone solicitiors! Is a collector of noise a sonituphilist?


Andrew is also a nemophilist.


Would a collector of cakes be a crustumphilist?


Could a collector of trays be called a patellaphilist?


Would a collector of chaos be called a nusquamphilist? I used to think of myself as a psammologist because I enjoy counting bits of sand.


Lately I’ve also become something of a transportophilist.

Denver about the Polywave (1986 - 2011)

This is the first place I stayed when I first came to Denver in 1986. The Haters had been invited by Paul Dickerson and Mark Metz of We Never Sleep to perform at their Exotic Arts Fest. It was the first time a performance of mine ended in a full scale riot. It was also the first time I actually felt at home somewhere. So much so, in my heart of heart, I still think of Denver as my hometown.


Denver is where both I and my work came of age. The next two years there saw my most outrages performances ever staged anywhere. The building where I stayed in 1987 isn’t there any longer, but the apartment building where I lived in 88 with Paul and company remains.


In the early 90s, travelling back and forth between California and Europe I would stop off in Denver for months at a time. This noisy house was both a home and an arts space. The only time Jello Biafra ever attended a Haters performance, was in the basement of this house in 1992.

After 1994 I wasn't able to get back to Denver untill 2011. Here's the original Denver cast of The Haters at The 2011 Denver Noise Fest: Bob Ferbrache, GX Jupitter-Larsen (myself), and Paul Dickerson.

Colin Upton

A page from Colin Upton’s Self-Indlgent Comics 22, recalling his time as a member of The Haters. You can find more Upton comics here and here.

Beverly Hills Film Festival (2011)

From left to right: Barbara T Smith, Daniela Ambrosoli, and GX Jupitter-Larsen at the Beverly Hills Film Festival for Ambrosoli’s screening of her Hermann Nitsch documentary: HN - Hermann Nitsch.

Static Poem (1986)

This is an early static poem from 1986. My static poetry should be understood in the same manner as the video static coming off an old TV set. The noise is random but the mind will always perceive patterns off the page. More static poems can be found HERE

Loud Luggage / Booming Baggage in Austin (2011)

GX Jupitter-Larsen and Richard Ramirez performing as The Haters, Austin March 20, 2011. Excerpt: HERE

Mail Art from HR Fricker (1984)

Polywelle Tykit (1994/2004)

Out of the archives is this 2004 remix of the 1994 EP Polywelle Tykit. The EP was released on Syntactic. The remix was done for a CD comp that never came out: HERE

With David Ireland (1999)

Here's the CD I recorded with David Ireland in 1999. I first met David in art school back in 78. He was a huge influence in my life. Getting to collaborate with him was a personal highlight for me.

Anti-Time: HERE
Kettleday: HERE
Xylowave: HERE

Loud Luggage / Booming Baggage in Berlin (2011)

Michael Muennich's Photo of The Haters performing "Loud Luggage / Booming Baggage" at West Germany in Berlin. Part of the CTM.11 fest.