In fact vocalist Annie Claude Deschênes might even tangle with you on stage so when I say this band comes at you, I mean it literally and figuratively.
Meet the exact opposite of boring.
Showing posts with label performance art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label performance art. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Canadian Electro-Chaos : Duchess Says
Imagine if Melt Banana remade Goblin's Suspiria or if the Yeah Yeah Yeahs provoked a nest of cyber bees. Duchess Says from Montreal takes electro / prog rock tools and uses them to create spastic chaos that does not rely on melody to drive their songs. They take a 2-D keyboard band experience and turn it into a 3-D force of nature that darts towards you at the speed of light.
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Christine Sun Kim : Sound Artist
What does sound mean to 34 year old Korean-American woman who can't hear them? Let her art show you.
“For me, sound had always been an idea—an intangible space that separated me from others—so I was curious about how art could transcend sound and vice versa.”
This interview (see below) has single handedly changed the way I think about music and sound. Like she discusses in this interview, my initial takeaway was that while I know sound can be projected in a wide spectrum of ways and volumes, this is still a limited understanding. There is a huge difference between sound and listening. I love her detailed exploration of this territory. Sound waves can also be felt and seen which is part of why seeing music (sounds) performed live is so stimulating to the senses. It isn't just something you are listening to, you are also feeling it, interacting with it, and seeing it move matter which takes the form of a band and their instruments. It is almost like putting a song under a microscope and seeing its core particles come to life by skittering about. The art Christine creates is much like this to me. Instead of her being in a band in a traditional sense, she uses a variety of objects (and sometimes people) to bring sound to life.
There is also a much needed dose of positivity here. We all fear failure and shy away from risk taking because of it. If you have aspirations to see an idea of yours come to life, there is only one way to do it and that is it actually DO IT. Nobody will do it for you. Nobody will execute the idea the way you would and if it doesn't work out, you always learn from that experience and keep growing as a person. Win / win.
This is another great interview and look / listen at her work. I found this particular quote about sound and people who can hear incredibly moving: "I saw sound as their possession. Now I'm reclaiming sound as my property."
And to further explore the rules of sound in society...
I am convinced that after watching all of the videos of her various work and interviews, I am a better listener now.
“For me, sound had always been an idea—an intangible space that separated me from others—so I was curious about how art could transcend sound and vice versa.”
This interview (see below) has single handedly changed the way I think about music and sound. Like she discusses in this interview, my initial takeaway was that while I know sound can be projected in a wide spectrum of ways and volumes, this is still a limited understanding. There is a huge difference between sound and listening. I love her detailed exploration of this territory. Sound waves can also be felt and seen which is part of why seeing music (sounds) performed live is so stimulating to the senses. It isn't just something you are listening to, you are also feeling it, interacting with it, and seeing it move matter which takes the form of a band and their instruments. It is almost like putting a song under a microscope and seeing its core particles come to life by skittering about. The art Christine creates is much like this to me. Instead of her being in a band in a traditional sense, she uses a variety of objects (and sometimes people) to bring sound to life.
There is also a much needed dose of positivity here. We all fear failure and shy away from risk taking because of it. If you have aspirations to see an idea of yours come to life, there is only one way to do it and that is it actually DO IT. Nobody will do it for you. Nobody will execute the idea the way you would and if it doesn't work out, you always learn from that experience and keep growing as a person. Win / win.
This is another great interview and look / listen at her work. I found this particular quote about sound and people who can hear incredibly moving: "I saw sound as their possession. Now I'm reclaiming sound as my property."
And to further explore the rules of sound in society...
I am convinced that after watching all of the videos of her various work and interviews, I am a better listener now.
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