Progressive. Multisensory. Liberated queer genius.

A From the Glasshouse special featuring the spectacular world premiere of CRYSTALQUEER, a collaborative audiovisual commission from Liza Bec and CHAINES.

Liza and CHAINES on CRYSTALQUEER:

Queer Crystals Evolve, Live!
Watch! Listen! Be Transformed!
Existing as a point of light
A grain of salt in endless white
Nestled by the river Tyne,
Forged in fire,
Flung through time,
Angles shifting,
Light refracting
Lens expand and lens contracting
Sound and vision’s quantum glory
The root of all; the queerest story.

Should geometry define who you are when it’s so changeable? Or should it be the way the light passes through you?

Part cyborg concert, part audiovisual installation, part video game, this is the premiere of a cutting-edge electronic work by two composer-performers with first hand experience of life beyond the gender binary. CRYSTALQUEER’s electronic sounds and visuals are inspired by the evolution of the Gateshead riverside from flat mediaeval salt meadow to modern ten sided concert hall.

Be subsumed in this unique live performance experience in surround sound as Liza’s roborecorder and Cee’s electronically enhanced flute transform the unique space of Sage 2 into a celebration of queer crystals. Expect edgy, dark synths, dirty bass, abstract fragments of spoken word and soaring melodic lines lit up by original sound responsive video game style visuals. Come and be inspired by the beauty of moving beyond binary restrictions towards multidimensional freedom.

Want the full scoop? Read our Q&A with CHAINES and Liza Bec.