Robert Takahashi Novak is a Los Angeles based artist and curator who works across a wide range of media including photography, sound, installation, video, and sculpture. He has exhibited in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, and London, and performed at venues including the Art Center College of Design, Human Resources, the Hammer Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Stone.

Novak is the co-founding Director of VOLUME, a curatorial project that functions as a catalyst for interdisciplinary new media work through exhibitions, performances, events, lectures, and publications, and has worked with a wide range of artists including William Basinski, Nate Boyce, Richard Chartier, Loren Chasse, Tim Hecker, France Jobin, Kadet Kuhne, Lucky Dragons, Carsten Nicolai, Yann Novak, Steve Roden, and Christopher Willits. VOLUME has presented projects at venues including the Hammer Museum, the de Young Museum, the San Francisco Art Institute, and SF Camerawork.

Brittle Stars is a solo project by Kev Rolfe who lives in Manchester, Uk. No syths or keyboards are used. Only guitars/bass and some FX units.


BRITTLE STARS: Releases ---
Debut 3" CD 'Long Distance' released by Dragons Eye Recordings in 2007
http://www.dragonseyerecordings.com/catalogue-der/de2711.htm
'Otto:Or,Up With Dead People' Soundtrack (Film by Bruce LaBruce) released by Crippled Dick Hot Wax in 2008- includes the Brittle Stars 13 minute track 'On The Cusp Of Infinity'; the film included 4 Brittle Star tracks.
Bruce LaBruces latest film 'L.A Zombie' which was released in late 2010 featured 2 Brittle Stars tracks.


Some ambient drone mixes to help get through the lockdowns...enjoy

Experimental electronic Music producer; cofounder of the groups Subtle and 13&GOD and anticon associate. Studio album," Nerve Bumps (a queer divine dissatisfaction)” out now on Dark Entries/Ratskin records. linktr.ee/daxpierson

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