Teo Spiller, Alan Sondheim: Capriccio for Ukraine https://youtu.be/btE_r1oOSv0 http://spiller.si/cyborg-artist/ http://www.alansondheim.org/TeoSpiller.jpg Alan Sondheim was on a sarangi instrument, from his home in Rhode Island via Zoom, accompanying Teo Spillers robot La-laboro, as it was "doing its job" in Ljubljana. A human plays an analog instrument in the warm environment of his home, while the iron creature thousands miles away does what it's programmed to do. Similar to the contrast between the cold ruthless military which is, controlled from save bunkers far away, attacking people who defend their lives and homes. As Alan pointed out: "The robot spells out "Ukraine"; the sound is iron, the iron of war. The sarangi comes in and out of focus, as a problematic accompaniment. What can we do, but produce, object, create? What does war do? I want to thank Teo for giving me the opportunity to accompany the original score. I think of score, scoria, thrown rock, debris, harbored and transformed into writing; writing transformed into cutting; cutting transformed into a commentary on other cuttings, other writing. The sarangi is part of that. I am safe in my room, playing sarangi; none of us are safe as long as some of us are not." _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
[NetBehaviour] Teo Spiller, Alan Sondheim: Capriccio for Ukraine
Alan Sondheim via NetBehaviour Sat, 02 Apr 2022 10:54:31 -0700
