Jakob Ullmann + Tony Conrad

We close Ten Years Alive at Weld with the simultaneous performance by Rebecca Lane and Jon Heilbron of two solo works by German composer Jakob Ullmann. Often at the threshold of audibility yet thrumming with a vibrancy and exquisite tension, Jakob Ullmann's work is unique in contemporary compositional practice.

We've paired this with two 16mm film works by Tony Conrad — his legendary, but all-too-rarely seen structuralist classic 'The Flicker' and a shorter, later flicker film 'Straight and Narrow' (made in collaboration with his then wife Beverly Conrad).

Jakob Ullmann — Solo I  (1992/93-2010) for flute   Solo IV  (2013/14) for low string instrument

Rebecca Lane, quarter-tone flutes     Jon Heilbron, double bass

Tony Conrad — The Flicker (1966)

Tony Conrad, Beverley Conrad — Straight & Narrow (1970)