After previous events in Prague, Ljubljana, London, Tasmania, Bristol and the Lake District, tQ Editor John Doran and artist film maker Sapphire Goss present their live documentary performance in Porto on Thursday.
The event is free to ticket holders (which can be requested here) and takes place at the Batalha Centro De Cinema, on Batalha Square on Thursday night.
Using a mix of spoken word, film and music, they will trace some of its many revolutionary stages in half a century of cultural invention and reinvention. ‘What Is This That Stands Before Me? Heavy Metal & Modernism’ charts the unstoppable rise of a genre that began with Black Sabbath in Aston, Birmingham in 1970 before spreading to every corner of the globe, taking in Mayhem, Napalm Death and SunnO))) along the way.
In this one man show they utilise the custom created work of artist-filmmaker Sapphire Goss who has created a visual accompaniment collaged from archive, 8mm and VHS footage to form enigmatic and haunted imagery. The soundtrack is a unique mix of music specially created for the evening by Norwegian art rock group Årabrot, Mark Pilkington of Strange Attractor Press & electronic artist Ghost Writer, with everything combining to make a unique live experience.
