Join Late Works for performances and readings in relation to the ideas contained in the inaugural plates article Alphabetical Processions: does understanding lyrics hinder or enhance the listening experience? ----- how do you transcribe abstract vocals? ----- does punctuation exist in music? ----- (& how do you sound a bracket?) ----- fortuitous mishearings, blurting utterances, the limits of transcription ----- the bounds of language ----- the tail end, the caboose of phrase ----- no soap, radio ----- featuring Cocteau Twins, Lady Mondegreen & The Loch Ness Monster.
plates are discursive, experimental writings on sound, noise & voice ----- a speculative, conversational, accumulative, motley framework of studies on the arts & language ----- pocket-sized print editions of individual works, compiled into open-ended articles and albums ----- full of critical thoughts and prompts that are easy to understand and digest
plates has emerged from conversations surrounding how language swerves, gets translated, transcribed, diverted, in accidents and with purpose, to build the worlds we live in ----- these anecdotes and botherings are pieced out and strung together, held, piled, shuffled, dispersed and read ----- to stimulate, provoke and encourage inquisitive thought.
plates is the publishing arm of Late Works, the sporadic series of live intermedia events and permutable collective of creative practitioners, with a weekly radio show on Resonance 104.4FM & Extra. Each manifestation of Late Works is governed by a set of pre-determined rules and instructions, aimed to encourage discourse, collaboration and exchange between the artists taking part. The heavily process-based experimental shows are united by an ethos of indeterminate intermedia improvisation.
