Compactor, Professor A & Perpetual Oyster
Thu, Jun 19
|Pageant: Soloveev
Fire Museum Presents | Pageant: Soloveev | 607 Bainbridge St, Philadelphia, PA 19147 | 8pm | $10-20 sliding scale |
Time & Location
Jun 19, 2025, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Pageant: Soloveev, 607 Bainbridge St, Philadelphia, PA 19147, USA
About the event
Co-Presented with The Low Pass.
COMPACTOR is an interconnected set of mostly obsolete machinery that is manipulated by a representational figure known as The Worker, compelled to work for a large corporation. The machinery creates noise that functions as a soundtrack to the daily grind. The Worker never speaks, is always masked, and in a generic uniform, all to emphasize dehumanization. Each Audio Document (and related series of Live Shifts) has a different subject and sonic focus, often some aspect of work, technology, and/or society.
Documents have been licensed to Phage Tapes, Ohm Resistance, Love Earth Music, Oxidation, Annihilvs Power Electronix, Low Noise Productions, and several others since 2011. Annual arts event Figment NYC hosted the sonic interactive installations Fields Of Waste and Components. Over 200 Live Shifts have taken place in 30 states and three countries. Live Shifts are underway for 2025 including Southwest and Northeast US tours.