March 2017, Rogue Cinema, Manchester: the masked, straw-festooned shamanic vagabond Lord Mongo and new-fangled three-piece band Tuskmoth (Lord Mongo, Dave Bez, Otis Jordan) performed live music to cinematic visuals by Film Material artist Nick Jordan, assembled from the artist’s recent film works that feature Lord Mongo’s soundtrack scores; including excerpts from Jordan’s new film Thought Broadcasting (2017), plus The Rising (2014), The Atom Station (2015), and MERZMONGO (2016) – which was originally made for ‘100 Years of Dada: Film is Dead, Long Live Dada’ (ICA, London) and performed live at Supernormal Festival 2016.
Part of four weeks of artists moving image, experimental film and performances featuring local and international artists, programmed by Film Material. From archive works to film premieres, 16mm exhibition and live sound scapes, digital experiments and analogue shorts