03/04/2023
Announcing the first PICA DISK release in years:
GREG POPE: IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING
LP, Pica Disk 2023, PICA049.
Release date: April 7th 2023
Pica Disk is proud to present the debut album of UK-born/Norway-based artist Greg Pope, documenting three of his audio works.
After dabbling in punk rock bands and absurdist theatre performance, Greg Pope (b. 1960, London) founded the film collective Situation Cinema (Brighton, 1986) and Loophole Cinema (London, 1989). Working collaboratively and individually, Pope has made sonic and video installations, paracinema, live art, film, photographic and slide works since 1996. Live work has been performed at many locations around the world. Collaborators include Jerome Noetinger, Norbert Möslang, John Hegre, Sult, Okkyung Lee, Mike Cooper, Jean-Philippe Gross, Anla Courtis, Voicehandler, Andrew Lampert, and many more.
IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING (2020)
Self-made percussive instruments striking glass, tape/text cut-ups and contact microphones.
SHOT FILM (2009)
Made by shooting black 35mm film stock with a shotgun, editing the film together and running it through a projector.
DIPPING THE BELLS (2019)
Site-specific collaboration with carillonist Laura Marie Rueslåtten – handbells/field recording.
Details:
• Limited edition of 200 copies.
• Silkscreened cover, off-white on black paper stock.
• 45 rpm 180 gram LP in polylined inner sleeves.
• A4 insert with liner notes by Mike Cooper and Graham Duff.
• 150 x 150 mm photo from “Dipping The Bells”.
• Individual high quality print from “It Goes Without Saying”, each unique, signed by the artist,
on 300 x 300 mm 290 gram Hahnemühle Bamboo matt white paper.
• A3 offset CMYK printed poster from “Shot Film”.
3 track album
