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of SANBORN John
Collaboration with Sarah Cahill
UNITED STATES, 2009, 00:13:11
Genre : Video art
Keyword : Music
Summary :
In 2009, Sarah Cahill commissioned 18 composers to write on the subject of peace, and she received a diverse collection of reflections on violence, loss, history, pain and enlightenment; all meditations on the meaning of "peace". The composers include Kyle Gann, The Residents, Meredith Monk, Terry Riley, Phil Kline, Yoko Ono, Fredric Rzewski and Jerome Kitzke.
She then invited video artist John Sanborn to create video experiences, inspired by each composition, as a performance environment to extend the character and tone of each work. The evening length live event premiered at CAL Performances in Berkeley, in 2009, and has toured the world.
The depth of sorrow, loss and redemption in Phil Kline's contribution to "A Sweeter Music" is the closest to the nerve endings that make us human of all the works. In response I included very personal images that if I lost -- would devastate me and leave me bereft of life. I ordered them so that the final search for a future is a long walk towards hope, but a bleak and painful walk at best.
Original language : english
Original format : video
Aspect ratio : 16/9
Chroma : Couleur
Available version(s) : Version originale anglaise - texte en anglais