Did you know surfing legend Tom Carroll can play the violin? He didn’t either: until he tried. Derek Hynd (pic below TC) can’t believe what he’s hearing.
Tom was one of the brave band of surfers to embark on Musica Surfica on King Island. What an amazing 10 days it has been. Not enough time to write in detail. Here is a link to Mick Sowry’s blog : http://safetosea.blogspot.com/
Mick is the director of the doco we are filming.
In a very pistacchio sized nutshell, Musica Surfica comes out of my friend Derek Hynd dreaming with me about exploring the intersection of perceived high- brow culture: classical music, and grass roots culture: surfing. It is involving the highly experimental surf craft of fin-less (free-friction) boards ; some designs dating back 1000 years, whilst others are emerging frontiers; combined with an exploration of our music, some extant and other music being especially written. We are placing all of this in stunningly different contexts (schools, King Island, East and West coast Oz, steps of Sydney Opera House? etc); hoping for an explosive and provocative mix of cultures.
Did you know surfing legend Tom Carroll can play the violin? He didn’t either: until he tried. Derek Hynd (pic below TC) can’t believe what he’s hearing.
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