Josten Myburgh - Projects

A saxophonist sits partly obscured behind a column in a dark room.

In front of museum display cabinets and on the wooden floor of a large hall, four musicians play - a saxophonist, bassist, drummer and guitarist.

Ghost Gum Reverb

A blurred image of a Brown Mallet woodland - grey-greens, blues and pale browns.

Listening to Dryandra Woodland

A hall is brightly lit by purple-blue lights as an eight-piece band in striking black costumes plays to a large crowd.

Audible Edge: Festival of Sound

A small excerpt of notated music: a drone over which another drone repeatedly stops and starts.

A dancer stands limply next to a seated saxophonist. The image is partially obscured by bright streaks of light.

Duo with Daisy Sanders

A drummer looks down at their instrument. They are lit darkly in the foreground; the bright background reveals the venue is a church, and there are other musicians in the distance.

Duo with Lenny Jacobs

A trumpet player in a dark room plays a partially-disassembled trumpet.

Duo with Dan O'Connor

A person, lit in soft pink light, is holding a large polystyrene box and a globe of the earth.

A musician with their entire body painted red is standing centre-stage next to a second musician in white high-vis. They are lit in pale green and pink streaks by a projector screen, and there is a large crowd in a dark room watching them.

Where and how to gather

Two musicians sitting next to eachother: a saxophonist holding a large tin can against the bell of the instrument, and a person playing zithers and effects pedals which are resting on a table top.

Duo with Eduardo Cossio

A person using a laptop as an instrument sits next to another person playing guitar in a pale yellow-green room with many photos on the walls.

Duo with Jameson Feakes

A pile of postcards, LPs and CDs on a table. On a small cardboard box, ten tote bags reading "Tone List" are resting.

A small group of people sit on couches outside in the foreground as a musician plays guitar and sings. Multiple microphones with wind protection are pointing at the musician, and knotted trees cover the background.

Four artists sit spread out in a white-and-blue room with tall glass windows and a strikingly reflective floor. They are playing a large assemblage of instruments and devices: two projector screens, a huge array of percussion including a vibraphone, a laptop electronics setup, and a saxophone.

Improvised collaborations

A group of about twelve musicians are walking into a thick Karri tree forest, carrying instruments and wearing brightly coloured summer clothes and hats.

Sounding Together

A group of people walking through a city street casting dark shadows behind them. The people are wearing headphones.

The Lion Never Sleeps

An audience looks down from a narrow railing above a performance with two people wearing soft pink dresses speaking into microphones, and two people tending a bar which is populated with electronic instruments like tape machines.

A person looks solemnly down at a strange sculpture made of percussion instruments. Their body is illuminated by an analog projector, colouring them and the background with streaks of red, orange and yellow ink that resemble fire.

A musician wearing a dark blue shirt moves some equipment around. They are holding a small electronic device and a saxophone, and there is a drum and microphone near them.

Miscellaneous Projects

Someone lies on the floor on the street, under a rough-and-ready pink sculpture made of paper and fabric that is tied to a streetlamp. People and cars drive by mostly unawares.

Room to Rest (external link)