Steve Roden
w/ Jacob Danziger
Dark Over Light Earth
Self-released 2007
01. Dark Over Light Earth [34:09]
Everything here is somehow undetermined and non final - whether music serves as an accompaniment of painting, or whether painting serves as a support for music. Maybe this isn't even music, but a silent, fading shadow. It's conceptual composition and sound installation, i.e. the instance where an author 'turns' into a visitor, i.e. the outcome must express, inspire, stir... That may be the only final aspect of such work, once 'done' and 'finished'. At first glance, it's as if 'nothing happens', 'cause there's not any determined destination. But even in an aimless jaunt, there comes a time when you decide: it is agreeable, it is sufficient, it is worth the immediate attention.
In Steve Roden's own words regarding the Mark Rothko exhibition at the LA MOCA in 2006, "My intentions in placing a quiet 4 channel audio work in an alcove adjacent to Rothko's paintings, was not to create a soundtrack for his work; but to allow a viewer, or listener, to sense that the sound was connected to the paintings. Dark Over Light Earth exists as a separate artwork; but a connection to Rothko's 8 paintings remains, for it never could have been born without them. I initially made a list of every color in each of the 8 paintings, to generate a score. I recorded myself playing the score on harmonium and glockenspiel - the notes and their order pre-determined by my color notations; and the tempo, durations, and overall feel, improvised. Some of these recordings were then processed electronically with filters. I asked Jacob Danziger to listen to a recording of Morton Feldman's 'Rothko Chapel' on headphones and attempt to play along on violin. He then sent me the recordings of his performance. The composition was created by cutting up, layering, and re-organizing the recordings."
>> rapid / mihd (37mb) In Steve Roden's own words regarding the Mark Rothko exhibition at the LA MOCA in 2006, "My intentions in placing a quiet 4 channel audio work in an alcove adjacent to Rothko's paintings, was not to create a soundtrack for his work; but to allow a viewer, or listener, to sense that the sound was connected to the paintings. Dark Over Light Earth exists as a separate artwork; but a connection to Rothko's 8 paintings remains, for it never could have been born without them. I initially made a list of every color in each of the 8 paintings, to generate a score. I recorded myself playing the score on harmonium and glockenspiel - the notes and their order pre-determined by my color notations; and the tempo, durations, and overall feel, improvised. Some of these recordings were then processed electronically with filters. I asked Jacob Danziger to listen to a recording of Morton Feldman's 'Rothko Chapel' on headphones and attempt to play along on violin. He then sent me the recordings of his performance. The composition was created by cutting up, layering, and re-organizing the recordings."
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3 comments:
this is a lovely one
have you heard this:
http://www.troncolon.com/e/?p=36
no, but contributors seem interesting. thanks for the heads up.
Thank you so much for this great recording!
http://webern.blogspot.com/
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