"The invitation to partake in a solo drum performance takes on the implicit hierarchical and patriarchal overtones in the very nature of its compositional structure within Western musical traditions. But when set against a natural backdrop, the drums become antithetical within the context of non-anthropocentric music, which for Hamilton includes the waterfall, frogs mating, or the vibrations spiders use to spin their silk."
Taking Solos (2017)
Ngā ataata nā Sam HamiltonOther works by Sam Hamilton
Sam Hamilton
Performance Piece for Super 8 Film, Historic Greek Ruins, C... (2013)
A figure investigates a crumbled monument, takes off their clothes, and hangs them on a short washing line.
Sam Hamilton
Domestication Ritual #1 (2010)
"Testing the potentials of anthropomorphic vibrant materialism" - Artist Statement
Sam Hamilton
Performance Piece for 16mm film roll, the Ground and One Ye... (2009)
Unspooled in pitch black conditions and then buried, this film was left for one year.
Sam Hamilton
Apple Pie (trailer) (2016)
A trailer for Sam Hamilton's ten-part 16mm film, structured around the ten most significant celestial bodies of the Milky way.