How lovely it sounds! I'll try to pretend my mosquitos are the Italian variety.
AK On 6/20/06 2:25 AM, "Alan Bowman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > Here is a note to Fluxlist from Alison. Hannah arrives today (or tomorrow) > perhaps I can get direct questions to her too. She may not have time to > answer but I'll ask..anyone? > > Ladles and Jellyspoons, All is on Noel's: > > > > -----Messaggio Originale----- > > Da: Alison Knowles > > A: alan bowman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Data invio: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 13:09:33 -0400 > > Oggetto: Fw: Madame Hulot sez > > > > Coming in from my longtime home in New York I arrived in Venice just in > > time to have an evening with Emmett Williams and Ann Noel. We had an > > endless night of long talk and tall drinks and his health though frail > > is better than any of my friends of his vintage. Salute Emmett and Ann > > Noel who are off to do her diaries in Venice with Francesco Conz. > > > > The first event at the museo Fortuny was not possible without a friend > > Alan Bowman whom I located on the rolldeck at the Foundation Emily > > Harvey and seemed to remember having met in New York. Everyone wants > > to help and is very kind here but some actually do put the proverbial > > shoulder to the wheel and do it. That is Alan. We are very labor > > compatible and with wit and knowledge of the terrain (Venice) he has > > been indispensible. We plan to work together again. He actually rolls > > along over and under it all and comes out smiling, so I call him > > Always Bowling and he calls me with equal appropriateness, Owl and > > Sundried. > > > > The performance went well with two of my own works: Loose Pages which > > papers the body in flax and crackles when walking, Onion Skin Song > > which turns a sandwich of onion skins in seran wrap into musical > > notation (played with toys, bean turners). We used the shadows on the > > crumbling lovely walls to play from, but then also the onion skin > > sandwich itself(which we created live on the floor) we could turn and > > use as well. > > > > The concert concluded with three Vintage Fluxus works full of > > significance but with no specific meaning: a Dick Higgins Constellation > > (three of them with audience participation), Shoes of Your Choice (with > > much audience participation) and Ay-O's Rainbow ( three performers > > blowing bubbles while I lept about bursting with pins). For whatever > > reason Lucio Pozzi said this made him weep! It was lovely with bubbles > > floating about in marble halls. The concert ended with Bob Watts Trace > > for Orchestra. We burned the Barber of Seville at the music stand. This > > is a fine piece. > > > > The next day I left for the Villa Buttafava with Giovanni Orsini to put > > up an installation in the Villa and get out of Venice for three days. > > Putting instruments and artifacts, stones and beans plus his miracle > > fabric luminex into an old window with a plexi backing which we then > > hung on the wall. This installatain and in fact all I am doing here has > > the title Time Samples. Let's keep it simple as Robert (filliou) would > > say. > > > > Signor Orsini is of a very old family. In fact his ancestor Felix > > invented the "Orsin". this bomb relieved the world of Napoleon 111! > > > > Now, back in Venice, Always Bowling and I have just the Exhbition Time > > Samples ahead next week. we have lizards here, ants a'plenty and now > > mosquitoes. We try to be friendly with these creatures, we are, > > afterall the intruders. > > > > Nice to talk to the Fluxlist again. > > > > Onward > > > > Alison (akijan) > > > > > > > > > > > > Oh Odin's Underpants its a B(owman)LOG > > http://bowmansramblings.blogspot.com/ > > > > Visit the Freeformfreakout Organisation Online: > > http://www.freeformfreakoutorganisation.net >
