Sunday, March 23, 2014

Furchick (Claire Pannell) currently resides in Perth, Australia. She is a prolific DIY noise-art maker, who incorporates science into her creations. She takes her sounds from the natural vibrations created from everyday objects. In 2014 Claire created sound design for Jukstapoz Dance Company based in Athens, Greece. She also performed and ran workshops at the Audacious Festival in Christchurch, New Zealand. Some of her past projects include playing with the Laundry Room Squelchers (USA) at the International Noise Conference in Sydney and Melbourne, playing drums in Gerard Cosloy’s improv noise project Air Traffic Controllers in NYC and jam bands including Sexy Band with Chris Cobilis in Perth, The Armaround with Tom Greenwood and the Crawley Creeps with Josh Diamond of Gang Gang Dance in the USA. She has performed at Sound Summit in Newcastle and toured New Zealand in 2014, 2013 and 2012. She is included on several on-line album projects for New Weird Australia and the upcoming Ladyz in Noize CD.