CIRCLE PAINTING - THE HORSE HOSPITAL LONDON
The home of experimental pop. James chose to use 12 electric guitar players - again in a 50 meter circle - prefereably with very long hair and bad attitudes and lots of tatoos and loud amplifiers. Stratocasters on front pick up - lots of wammy bar .

CIRCLE PAINTING - BERLIN ONE
COLLABORATION WITH LAND-ART B
The First Berlin Painting Composition was written for twelve classical guitars - again in a circle - 20 meters in diameter (smaller than the previous circle due to the volume of the instruments). The imagery is taken from the circular canvas - it looks like a bell - a bell tower occupied by bells and sparrows or refugee buderigars. The contrast between the intimidating bells - intimidating in weight,volume and size - and the small birds - fragile but fast in movement and whit - is the image that drives the piece - a daily battle for dominance - no one wins - coexistance, however uncomfortable, is the only option. This is more apparent in the second movement.

The Berlin 2 Composition was based on photographs and films of the event which took place in June (09) in an abondoned railway roundhouse in East Berlin. The Painting is RED. Three elements which came to James synchronistically contributed to the composition (again using 12 musicians - cellos - arranged in a 50 meter diameter circle but this time with solo cello in the centre). 1. Photographs of the costume Ivanov wore to paint the circle. It was covered in red paiint and looked like a blood stiained cross 2. images of the building -brutal and industrial - railway tracks, huge iron doors, rotting wooded structure. 3. the cross of Jesus on the cover of CD of Bach's St John's Passion.

Twenty four hour non-stop work period - Friday 12th -
Saturday13th June 09. This first collaboration in the Circle Painting project resulted in a short composition which explores the physical space of a circle. It was written for 9 violins and 3 cellos - Twelve musicians take their place around the circumference of a 50m diameter circle like the numbers of a clock – 12, 1, 2, 3.etc. The cellos are 5, 6 and 7 o'clock– the listener is outside the circle a few feet away from the cellos and 50 + meters away from violin one (placed at 12o’clock). Dynamics are even throughout the piece – “f”
The space was created digitally and worked into - like a painter works into a canvas. Throughout the period James observed the movements of Ivanov and Chan as they worked inside the circular canvas. James now plans to create 12 compositions based around the 12 circular canvasas - next one BERLIN.

"Cellorhythmics Acoustic Project was a monthly series of 10 concerts, devised by James Hesford and the classical cellist Alfia Nakipbekova in collaboration with film maker/designer Chiara Ambrosio.

Each episode featured a new composition and a new instrument was added to the ensemble. As the series continued the group grew organically from a quartet to a small orchestra - WCM (Working Classical Music)Orchestra,

The concept of synchronicity and chance played an important part in the creative process. Like using found objects in sculpture, harmonic and rhythmic material, titles and even additional instruments were sourced from whatever presented itself as a “happy accident”. The theme for each Episode was derived from the title (“a found object”) of a new composition"

by Land Art - Papa Westray and Hermitage Moorings
The Circle - River Thames is a river-specific collaboration work between artists IVANOV + CHAN and composer James Hesford which will be created during 24-hours non-stop working period/performance at Hermitage Moorings, River Thames.

The Circle - River Thames will be:
- The James Hesford's composition will be influenced by the immediate environment, the extreme working conditions imposed by a specific duration and IVANOV + CHAN'S performance and working process.
- The Artist’s Dress - a costume for the performance which will enhance the choreography of the performance and will work as an additional tool in painting process
- The Painting Space - around tent – lantern structure made of canvas suspended in the floating Pier House of the Moorings
- The Painting Dance – spontaneous choreography of the painting process reflecting the way in which the memories and process are affected by 24 hours non-stop action in enclosed space
- Painting - instant reaction on the memories about the surrounding of The Circle and memories transformed inside The Circle during the process, following by the flow and transforming all previous experience creating paint-environment
- Video Work is created as an interaction with the Circle Performace
and projected live
- Viewing the Circle Experience: After 24 hours performance the viewer can enter the Circle
- Presentation of completed composition of The Circle-River Thames by James Hesford

PROGRAMME:
> from Friday, 12 June till Saturday, 13 June : 24 Hours non-stop happening can be seen on the screen from Wapping River Walk
> Saturday, 13 June, 18.00 - 21.00 : Opening
> Sunday, 14 June, 14.00 - 18.00 : Exhibition

ADDRESS : Hermitage Moorings,16 Wapping High Street, London E1W 1NG

INFORMATION : Land Art - Papa Westray