Sean Dower and Richard Wilson have been working together since 1988 and this performance emerged out of their regular, open-ended
percussion experiments. ‘Break it down’ takes the idea of improvisation in music and
applies it to visual practice, meanwhile taking
the concept of ‘truth to material’ in the visual arts and applying it to music.
Video excerpts at: www.performanceonfilm.com
Previous performances have taken place at Wapping pumping station London (Drum Duet), Delfina Studio Trust London (Audio Addicted),
Ikon Gallery Birmingham (20 pieces of silver) and the Golden Palace restuarant, Hull.
Break it down was reviewed in The Wire issue 267 (May 2006). A limited edition DVD was produced by Timothy Taylor Gallery.
Publicity material and DVD cover design by Peter Willberg.
Photographs courtesy of Adrian Nettleship, Justin Westover & David Pearson.
Special thanks to Joanna Thornberry.