Andrew Kötting has been running ‘salons’ for over 15 years, initially developed with the artist and filmmaker Clio Barnard, at KIAD (now the University for the Creative Arts). Early on, students were shown diverse moving image works to pique curiosity and provoke debate. The salons grew in an organic way to include readings, sound pieces, and the occasional performance. Invariably the sessions were quite loose and Andrew would respond to something that Clio presented, almost as a call and response device.

In the first of the two salons presented for Whitstable Biennale 2016, Andrew explores the notion of ‘atmosphere’, and how it might be experienced in a sonic, visual or textual way. He worked with a selection of prepared materials, but the structure remained loose and improvised.

Salon references:

Music
Andy Stott – 'Passed Me By'

Moving Image
Clio Barnard - 'Hermaphrodite Bikini'
Andrew Kötting – 'KLIPPERTY KLOPP'
Franceso Patierno – 'Quel Giornio'
Martin Arnold – 'Alone: Life Wastes Andy Hardy'
Run Wrake – 'Rabbit'
Jonathan Hodgson – 'Forest Murmurs'

Books
David Shields – 'Reality Hunger'
Zygmunt Bauman – 'Liquid Modernity'
Ragnar Kjartansson: 'A lot of sorrow'