Author: Han-earl Park

Shifting and switching from No Wave skronk to interstellar guitarist-as-drummer virtuosity, from stampedes of miniature Pomeranian Buffalos to All-You-Zombies heterophonies, Han-earl Park (박한얼) has been performing beautifully messy, joyously difficult, ambiguous and discordant improvised musics for over twenty years. Park is the mastermind behind ensembles including Eris 136199 with Catherine Sikora and Nick Didkovsky; Juno 3 with Lara Jones and Pat Thomas; and Gonggong 225088 with Yorgos Dimitriadis and Camila Nebbia; and performs as part of a duo with Richard Barrett. [More…]
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audio and video recordings: Sonorities 2009

Thanks to Franziska Schroeder, audio and video documentation of the performance on May 16th 2009 at the Sonic Arts Research Center, Belfast, N. Ireland (the closing concert of Sonorities 2009) is now online.

The performers were Chris Corrigan, Manuela Meier, Pauline Oliveros, Gascia Ouzounian, Han-earl Park, Pedro Rebelo, Franziska Schroeder, Justin Yang, plus Chris Chafe and Doug Van Nort. [Details…]

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My trip to Belfast was made possible with the generous support of the Arts Council of Ireland.

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video recordings: Dunmall-Park-Sanders-Smith

Video clips of the February 11th 2009 performance by myself with Paul Dunmall, Mark Sanders and Jamie Smith are now on YouTube.

video credits

Improvised music performance by Paul Dunmall (saxophone), Han-earl Park (guitar), Mark Sanders (drums) and Jamie Smith (guitar).

Video: John Hough.
Audio: Jamie Smith.

Presented by the UCC Concert Series at the Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork, Ireland, on February 11 2009, during the exhibition Eye for An Eye: Representations of Conflict in 20th Century Ireland.

Thanks to Paul O’Donnell, Jesse Ronneau, Ciarán Meade, Carmel Daly, John Hough and Chris Paton.

Full concert available on the CD ‘Live at the Glucksman Gallery, Cork’, Owlhouse Recordings (owlcd002).

© 2009 dunmall/park/sanders/smith

updates

05-01-21: replace old Flash-based embeds.

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performances: Jitney Trio at the BPS

On Saturdays, January 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th 2010, at 1:00 pm: The debut performances by the Jitney Trio! Marian Murray (violin), Neil O’Loghlen (double bass) and Han-earl Park (guitar) perform at Basement Project Space, 1 Camden Place
, Camden Quay, Cork, Ireland. Admission is free.

poster (click to download PDF…)
poster (click to download PDF…)

See the performance diary for up-to-date info.

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performances: Human-Machine Improvisations (Cork, 2010)

io 0.0.1 beta++ logo2010 (date TBC): Blackrock Castle Observatory (Cork, Ireland) will be the site for on-stage meetings between human and machine improvisers. This event will mark the debut of two extraordinary machine musicians, io 0.0.1 beta++ and iWife constructed by Han-earl Park and John Godfrey respectively. Featuring Bruce Coates and Franziska Schroeder (saxophones), and Francis Heery (diffusion), the performances will be part critique and part playful exploration, both a boundary-breaking public demonstration of socio-musical technologies and an ironic sci-fi parody.

Details to follow… (See the performance diary for up-to-date info.)

  • Arts Council Ireland logo
  • Music Network logo
  • BCO logo

Presented with funding from the Music Network Performance and Touring Award, and support from the Arts Council of Ireland, Blackrock Castle Observatory, The Castle Bar and Trattoria and the UCC School of Music.

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performance diary 12-15-09

upcoming performances
date venue time details
January 9th 2010 Basement Project Space
1 Camden Place
Camden Quay
Cork, Ireland		 1:00pm Debut performance by the Jitney Trio: Marian Murray (violin), Neil O’Loghlen (double bass) and Han-earl Park (guitar).
Admission free.
[Details…]
[BPS page…]
[Poster…]
January 11th 2010 The Roundy
Castle Street
Cork, Ireland		 9:00pm (doors: 8:45pm) First Stet Lab of 2010. Featuring Istanbul-based improviser Korhan Erel (electronics).
Admission: €10 (€5).
[Details…]
January 16th 2010 Basement Project Space
1 Camden Place
Camden Quay
Cork, Ireland		 1:00pm Performance by the Jitney Trio: Marian Murray (violin), Neil O’Loghlen (double bass) and Han-earl Park (guitar).
Admission free.
[Details…]
[BPS page…]
[Poster…]
January 23rd 2010 Basement Project Space
1 Camden Place
Camden Quay
Cork, Ireland		 1:00pm Performance by the Jitney Trio: Marian Murray (violin), Neil O’Loghlen (double bass) and Han-earl Park (guitar).
Admission free.
[Details…]
[BPS page…]
[Poster…]
January 30th 2010 Basement Project Space
1 Camden Place
Camden Quay
Cork, Ireland		 1:00pm Performance by the Jitney Trio: Marian Murray (violin), Neil O’Loghlen (double bass) and Han-earl Park (guitar).
Admission free.
[Details…]
[BPS page…]
[Poster…]
February 8th 2010 The Roundy
Castle Street
Cork, Ireland		 9:00pm (doors: 8:45pm) Stet Lab of 2010. Featuring Evan Dorrian (drums).
Admission: €10 (€5).
[Details…]
March 8th 2010 The Roundy
Castle Street
Cork, Ireland		 9:00pm (doors: 8:45pm) Stet Lab of 2010. Featuring Paul Stapleton (new musical instruments / sound sculptures).
Admission: €10 (€5).
[Details…]
2010 (TBC) Blackrock Castle Observatory
Cork, Ireland		 TBC Debut performance by io 0.0.1 beta++ (itself) with Bruce Coates (saxophones), Franziska Schroeder (saxophones) and Han-earl Park (guitar), plus iWife (itself) with John Godfrey (guitar) and Francis Heery (diffusion).
Presented with funding from the Music Network Performance and Touring Award, and support from the Arts Council of Ireland, Blackrock Castle Observatory, The Castle Bar and Trattoria and the UCC School of Music.
[Details…]
2010 (TBC) Venue TBC TBC Performance by Han-earl Park (guitar), Mark Sanders (drums) and Franziska Schroeder (saxophones).
Details to follow…
Interested promoters and venues, please get in touch!
2011 (TBC)
Postponed!		 Sonic Arts Research Centre
Queen’s University Belfast
Belfast, N. Ireland		 n/a Recording session by Peter Elsdon (piano), Han-earl Park (guitar), Mark Sanders (drums) and Franziska Schroeder (saxophones).
Details to follow…
Postponed: We are seeking sponsorship of this project. If you would like to help, please get in touch!

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performances: final Stet Lab of 2009

Stet Lab 12-07-09 poster image (click to download poster (PDF))
click to download poster (PDF)

Tomorrow (Monday, December 7th 2009) at 9:00 pm (doors open at 8:45pm): the final Stet Lab event of 2009. Featuring the saxophonist, composer-improviser and digital artist Justin Yang, the event will mark a few firsts: the first Stet Lab cover band (Yang with Han-earl Park—also the first Asian American duo at the Lab) and the first Stet Lab all women band (Susan Geaney, Marian Murray and Veronica Tadman). The event takes place at The Roundy (Castle Street, Cork, Ireland). [Details…]

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support the Lewis Glucksman Gallery

The flooding in Cork, Ireland has affected the Lewis Glucksman Gallery. The gallery has hosted improvised music performances by myself with Paul Dunmall, Mark Sanders and Jamie Smith [details…], with Franziska Schroeder [details…], and with Bruce Coates [details…]. It has also offered generous behind-the-scenes support to Stet Lab [details…].

According to the director of the gallery, Fiona Kearney:

As a result of the unprecedented flooding in Cork city on Thursday evening, 19 November 2009, the Lewis Glucksman Gallery has suffered extensive flood damage to its basement. The flooding poses a severe problem for the gallery, as the basement area housed the art stores, a major plant area and the kitchens….

The Glucksman Gallery is grateful for all the support it has received to date which has allowed the gallery to respond to this unprecedented situation with maximum effect. The gallery now faces a major financial challenge to reinstate the award-winning building for public use, and to restore damaged works in the collection.

[Read the rest…]

See also the Glucksman’s facebook page.

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Rediscovering Locality: A Sonology of Cork Sound Art+

Curated by Danny McCarthy as part of ArtTrail, and in association with farpoint recordings, the CD Rediscovering Locality: A Sonology of Cork Sound Art+ includes an excerpt from the improvisations by Murray Campbell, Marian Murray and myself from the June 2008 Stet Lab. [Details…]

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thanks: Dunmall-Park

Paul Dunmall and Han-earl Park
poster (click to download PDF…)

A very big thanks to Paul Dunmall for performing with me on Friday [Details…]. It was (despite me suffering from a cold) a mind blowing experience. What a, to borrow an adjective Paul uses a lot, fantastic player. I’m reminded how much I have to learn and practice.

Kudos to Jesse Ronneau and Paul O’Donnell of the UCC Concerts Committee for programming us, to Mary Mitchell Ingoldsby for taking time to show Paul around the uilleann pipes, and to Carmel Daly and John Hough for help in all matters, respectively, administrative and technical. Thank also to Aisling Ryan for plugging the gig on handy as a small pot.

Last but not least, thanks to all who came to listen and watch.

By the way, there is a recording (audio and video) which we’ll need to decide what to do with. I’ll keep you posted.

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reminder: Dunmall-Park

Paul Dunmall and Han-earl Park
poster (click to download PDF…)

This coming Friday (November 6th 2009), at 1:10 pm (doors open at 1:00 pm): UCC Concert Series presents an improvised music event with Paul Dunmall (bagpipes and saxophone) and Han-earl Park (guitar) at the Ó Riada Hall, UCC Music Building, Sundays Well, Cork, Ireland. Admission is free. [Details…]

Hope to see y’all there!