A group of people play woodwind instruments in a gallery. At centre rear, a large rectangular graphic score leans against the wall. On the floor are are two much smaller rectangles. All of the performers look down as they play, as if referencing the rectangles on the floor, which act as graphic scores.
Artist

Jeff Henderson

Jeff Henderson is a musician and artist based in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. His most constant creative output is in improvised music, which takes place in an array of evolving collective and solo contexts. His visual and installation-based work includes video, and graphic scores for music making, sometimes using found objects. He creates large-scale collage works which recast images from commercial magazines as feverish assemblages of human facial features and commercial products. He has created soundtracks for film and live theatre. Recent exhibitions include The Strap & Lite Metal (2019) and A Whole Lotta Cocks with No Balls (2013), both at The Audio Foundation, Auckland.

    Writing & podcasts featuring Jeff Henderson

    Six people play a musical game, hitting each other with leather belts whilst facing each other

    The Strap

    Interview
    By Judy Darragh · October 25, 2022

    “It was proposed as a little musical game, but it does involve pain.”

    Jeff Henderson speaks to Judy Darragh about nine videos referencing Aotearoa's history of corporal punishment

    The Strap

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