Sunday 27 June 2010

Sound and Shadows

The time has come, my little friend, for WHAT?
For sitting, sweating, feeling the underside of toes as they hit the ground.

People coming and going like the waves, many to Berlin it seems, or New York, Russia, Paris.

Meri Nikula leaves soon.

Saturday in a humid warehouse on the outskirts of northern Tokyo she gathered an array of performers for sound improvisations. LEAD Sister II - a man with self made instruments which bear a passing resembalance to characters from the robot pixar film and Tomomi Adachi - sound artist/poet accompanied a shaodow movements and light shows.  We also performed a shadow puppet theatre, a re-working of a piece from 10 years ago.

Adachi san`s  work is along the lines of Laurie Anderson, voice becomes fragmented and recombined sound but perhaps comparisons are like describing the taste of something. Until you try it you don`t really get it. His video work here.

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