I have always been intrigued by the various ways  in which place, sound, and movement have been depicted – ancient maps, celestial and maritime charts, musical scores, dance notation. Occupied by the search for an explanatory visual language, the transcriber has in different times and places created his own particular visual poetry. In the process of interpreting one mystery, he incidentally creates another.

Some years ago, as I moved towards a more abstract approach to painting, I began to look at these things in a different way. I caught a glimpse of something up ahead. These recent paintings are the maps and charts and musical scores of my imagination: a way of tracing something backwards in order to find the beginning.

Mark Fry, Normandy, 2013

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I’ll be playing three gigs in Tokyo on 19^th, 20^th and 21^st April. The first two will be at Mandala-2 in Kichijoji . The third one, on Sunday 21st, will be at the UFO Club in Higashi-Koenji. For tickets and more information in Japanese, please consult the esteemed Captain Trip. For details in English, see the Tokyo Gig Guide.