Study 19; (8 channel); 12 minutes; live and prerecorded voice + graphic score and projection Lawrence Upton; studio recording, samples and prerecorded sound treatment and composition John Drever; live spatialisation John Drever; The Shunt Lounge; evening of 11th June 2010
Hypothetical; (8 channel); 15 minutes approx; text, live voice and projections Lawrence Upton; live shakuhachi Mike McInerney; studio treatment of and composition with recorded voice and recorded shakuhachi, and live treatment of voice and sound John Drever; presented at Goldsmiths 14 November 2009 as part of Lawrence Upton at 60
NAMELY for Peter Manson (Quicktime movie); 21 minutes 30 seconds; Goldsmiths EMS; Friday 5th March 2010. Presented Writers Forum Workshop Saturday 13th March 2010. Presented "continuous play" at post_moot convocation 2010, Oxford, Ohio from Thursday, April 22 2010 until Sunday, April 25 2010. To be published in the magazine Emerging Language Practices 1 in 2010
NAMELY for Peter Manson (4 channel); 21 minutes approx; text, pre-recorded voice, projections and live voice Lawrence Upton; studio treatment of and composition with recorded voice, and live treatment of voice and sound and spatialisation John Drever; presented at BEYOND SIGNAL #8 PO-E-TRY FESTAL, Nantes, France on Friday 26th February 2010.
NAMELY for Peter Manson (8 channel); new studio version; 21 minutes approx; text, voice and projections Lawrence Upton; studio and live treatment of and composition with recorded voice John Drever; without live intervention by Upton, presented at Goldsmiths 14 November 2009 as part of Lawrence Upton at 60
NAMELY for Peter Manson (stereo); studio version; 21 minutes approx; text, voice and projections Lawrence Upton; studio treatment of and composition with recorded voice John Drever; without live intervention by Upton or Drever, presented at ICA London 17 August 2009; and again at Laban 5th November 2009
NAMELY for Peter Manson (stereo); 21 minutes approx; text, pre-recorded voice, projections and live voice Lawrence Upton; studio treatment of and composition with recorded voice, and live treatment of voice and sound John Drever; presented at The London Horse Hospital on 23rd May 2009. Commissioned by Contemporary Poetics Research Centre, Birkbeck College, London
That the tongue is a whip (8-channel version); 10 minutes approx.; text, pre-recorded voice, projections and live voice Lawrence Upton; studio treatment of and composition with recorded voice, additional sound sampling, and live treatment of voice and sound John Drever; presented at Great Hall, Goldsmiths - Sound Practice Research Concert on 21st November 2008
That the tongue is a whip (revised stereo version); 10 minutes approx.; text, pre-recorded voice, projections and live voice Lawrence Upton; studio treatment of and composition with recorded voice, additional sound sampling, and live treatment of voice and sound John Drever; presented at Laban on 6th November 2008
That the tongue is a whip (transitional stereo version); 10 minutes approx.; text, pre-recorded voice and projections Lawrence Upton; studio treatment of and composition with recorded voice, additional sound sampling John Drever; presented as aural illustration to a solo talk on the collaboration series given by Upton to The Thursday Club on 9th October 2008
NAMING for Ricki Redhead [That the tongue is a whip] (first stereo version); 10 minutes approx.; text, pre-recorded voice, projections and live voice Lawrence Upton; treatment of recorded voice, additional sound sampling John Drever; The Shunt Lounge, London Bridge; 5th June 2008.
The raw text of NAMING for Ricki Redhead has been web-published by Poetics Canada 8. This collaborative performance piece was later renamed "That the tongue is a whip."
Verbal Iteration 3; 19 minutes 30 seconds; 4 channels; text Lawrence Upton; live voice Lawrence Upton; live sound treatment and spatialisation John Drever; projections by Lawrence Upton; The Hub, Plymouth as part of Sonic Arts Network Expo 2007 June 2007. This piece is a reworking of Verbal Iteration 2
[The texts used in this performance work were taken from the set of sixty texts published as Verbals by Lawrence Upton; Writers Forum; July 2007; ISBN 978 1 84254 107 4]
NAMING for Adrian Clarke # 2; text Lawrence Upton; live voice Lawrence Upton; pre-recorded sound samples + live sound treatment and spatialisation John Drever; 4 channel; 20 mins approx; Wednesday 13th June 2007 at Shunt Lounge, Joiner Street, London Bridge, London SE1
NAMING for Adrian Clarke # 1; text Lawrence Upton; live voice Lawrence Upton; pre-recorded sound samples + live sound treatment and spatialisation John Drever; 4 channel; 20 mins approx; Wednesday 13th June 2007 at Shunt Lounge, Joiner Street, London Bridge, London SE1
Verbal Iteration 2; 20 minutes; 4 channels; text Lawrence Upton; live voice Lawrence Upton; live sound treatment and spatialisation John Drever; projections by Lawrence Upton; Le Divan du Monde, Paris, as part of e-poetry 2007 May 2007
[The texts used in this performance work were taken from the set of sixty texts published as Verbals by Lawrence Upton; Writers Forum; July 2007; ISBN 978 1 84254 107 4]
Verbal Iteration 1; 30 minutes; 8 channels; text Lawrence Upton; live voice Lawrence Upton; additional sound elements John Drever; live sound treatment and spatialisation John Drever; Live Garden Initiative - Artist Review Series: Immersivity, Art, Architecture, Sound and Ecology
[The texts used in this performance work were taken from the set of sixty texts published as Verbals by Lawrence Upton; Writers Forum; July 2007; ISBN 978 1 84254 107 4]
Notts he and free; 14 minutes; 2 channels; text Lawrence Upton; live voice Lawrence Upton; additional sound elements John Drever; live sound treatment John Drever; Interlace concert 1st April 2006
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Cobbing's "Kurrirrurriri" - A version; 20 mins approx; 2 channels; text Bob Cobbing, versioned Lawrence Upton; live voice Lawrence Upton; additional sound elements John Drever; live sound treatment John Drever; Fluxus Symphony Orchaestra Performance, Goldsmiths College, 17 March 2006
Close to the Literal; 20 mins.15 secs; 8 channels + graphic projections; text and images Lawrence Upton; sound recording, live treatment and spatial design John Drever; pre-recorded and live voice Lawrence Upton; October 2005, e-poetry 2005 London; performed again Goldsmiths College Notation Conference November 2005; performed again June 2006 Sonic Arts Network Expo, Manchester; performed again without live voice FILE Sao Paulo, Brazil in August 2006; projections screen exhibited, FILE, Sao Paulo, Brazil in August 2006; versioned as a 2-channel studio piece (April 2006) - presented SUNY Buffalo Sep 06;extracts broadcast on Resonance FM 4 pm until 4.30 pm 4th May 2007 as part of an interview of Upton by William English; presented in its entirety, with projections University of Bedford at Luton 9th May 2007 as part of a Writing Seminar led by Upton; presented live and in its entirety at Goldsmiths 14 November 2009 as part of Lawrence Upton at 60.
crowded; 20 minutes approx; 8 channels + graphic projections; text and images Lawrence Upton; spatial design and real-time sound treatment John Drever; live voice Lawrence Upton; January 2005; Camden Peoples Theatre
error studies and Portraits; 45 minutes approx; 8 channels + video; text Alaric Sumner; prerecorded and live voice Lawrence Upton; live sound treatment / design John Drever; dance (on video) Zoe Wilton; video direction / production Rory McDermott - September 2004, First Alaric Sumner Festival [A reworking of a 1995 piece by Sumner]
Text out of image (Sandra Blow); 1 hr 15 mins approx; 8 channels; text Alaric Sumner; sound treatment / design John Drever; pre-recorded voice Alaric Sumner; live voice Lawrence Upton - September 2004, First Alaric Sumner Festival [A reworking of a 1997 piece by Sumner and Drever]
The text underlying this performance has been published as Text out of Image (Sandra Blow) by Alaric Sumner; A4 portrait; cover image by Sandra Blow; edited by Lawrence Upton; 28 pages; 2004