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 !