JG Thirlwell has been working on a series of wall sculptures, having just completed series one, which consists of seven pieces. The pieces are wood and acrylic paint assemblages, and were realized at his Self Immolation Studios work headquarters in Brooklyn in 2024. The works are various dimensions, from 27″ x 16″ to 36″ x 24″, and all feature his signature color palette of red, white and black, with two shades of gray. Thirlwell plans to continue on to create series two and three, and then exhibit the works in New York City in the near future.
You can view the whole series on his Tumblr blog here
We are thrilled to announce the re-release of the official Foetus Of Excellence! Celebrating the legendary Foetus release which was released in 1985 as an empty box to house your Foetus records. The striking design, by Thirlwell, is printed in red, gold and white on a black shirt. This gorgeous garment is a perfect conversation starter for your next trip to the Met Museum or bungee jumping trip. Also suitable for weddings and bar-mitzvahs. It’s printed on a Bella Canvas brand soft lightweight 100% cotton shirt, and is available in small, medium, large, XL, XXL, XXL and babydoll.
They’re available right here at the Foetus Shoppe
The Loser’s Lounge will be performing a tribute to David Bowie at Joe’s Pub on Dec 5-7 2024. The Loser’s Lounge is a NYC band led by keyboardist and arranger Joe McGinty. JG Thirlwell will appear at the tribute on Friday Dec 6, in both the early and late shows, beginning at 7PM and 9.30PM respectively.
Thirlwell will perform the classic song “We Are The Dead”, which appeared on Bowie’s Diamond Dogs album. Tickets are available here
Update : A video of the performance is here on JG Thirlwell’s YouTube channel.
JG Thirlwell conducted a workshop at The New School in New York City on November 19 2024 as part of the program ‘The Stone at The New School’, at the invitation of John Zorn. Thirlwell’s class discussed techniques of graphic notation, graphic scoring, instructional scoring, guided improvisation and other unconventional compositional techniques.
Thirlwell had previously taught a class in Film Scoring at The New School for one semester in 2022.
We are thrilled to announce the release of the official Foetus VEIN shirt! Celebrating the Foetus album from 2007, the shirt is adapted from the geometric VEIN artwork. The striking design, by Thirlwell, is printed in black, white and red on an athletic gray shirt. This gorgeous garment is a perfect conversation starter for your next trip to the Met Gala or rocket launch. Also suitable for weddings and bar-mitzvahs. It’s printed on a Bella Canvas brand soft lightweight 100% cotton shirt, and is available in small, medium, large, XL, XXL, XXL and babydoll.
They’re available right here at the Foetus Shoppe.
We are thrilled to announce the re-release of the official Foetus NAIL shirt! Celebrating the legendary Foetus album from 1985, the shirt is adapted from the classic NAIL album cover. The striking design, by Thirlwell, is printed in black, white and yellow on a red shirt. This gorgeous garment is a perfect conversation starter for your next trip to the Met Museum or bungee jumping trip. Also suitable for weddings and bar-mitzvahs. It’s printed on a Bella Canvas brand soft lightweight 100% cotton shirt, and is available in small, medium, large, XL, XXL, XXL and babydoll.
They’re available right here at the Foetus Shoppe.
We are excited to announce that JG Thirlwell will be presenting his surround sound Silver Mantis project in St Louis at Gethsemane Lutheran Church on Sept 27 2024 and in Kansas City at Grand Avenue Temple on Sept 28 2024.
In Kansas City, there will be opening performances by Elska and Eric Hall and followed by a premier of “Inner Death Choir” by multimedia artist Unicorns in the Snow. In St Louis the evening will also feature special performances by Nádir Smyth and Eric Hall
Silver Mantis is a 50 minute live surround-sound electro-acoustic presentation, performed with keyboards, prepared piano and theremin. It is performed with a projection created exclusively for the project by acclaimed Swedish visual artist Sten Backman.
Tickets will be available soon.
We are thrilled to announce that JG Thirlwell will be performing an exclusive score live to the Harry Smith film Heaven And Earth Magic at L’Etrange Festival in Paris on September 10, 2024. The newly-created score will be performed by Thirlwell using electronics, triggered samples and theremin and will be in surround sound. The event will occur at the Forum des images, in Forum des Halles, 2 Rue du cinéma, 75001 Paris. The evening will open with sets by French duo Larège, followed by the first concert in Paris by the Franco-Senegalese group Ndox électrique.
In addition, L’Etrange Festival will be presenting a JG Thirlwell Carte Blanche, which is a mini film-festival consisting of five films selected and presented by Thirlwell. This will run from September 9-11 2024.
Harry Smith was an American polymath, who was credited variously as an artist, experimental filmmaker, bohemian, mystic, record collector, hoarder, student of anthropology and a Neo-Gnostic bishop. The film that Thirlwell is scoring is a black and white mystical stop motion animation, sixty five minutes in length.
Tickets for the events will be made available in late August.
