And My Band Of Lonely Objects
P.A.R.T.S. Graduation Festival MA STUDIOS
A pride of lions, an army of ants, a school of fish and my band of lonely objects. As we play we make an epic collage of the perils of bounce houses, baffled objecthood, a series of attempts at belonging and of buoyancy. In lyrics I look for appearances of a heart and it appears the organ is the most majestic instrument.
‘Epic collage’ is a musical term and “epic collage artists are commonly defined by their ability to decontextualise recognisable samples (such as vocal stems) and provide them with a seemingly conflicting sonic backdrop which thusly results in a mashup (or mess-up) that strives to be greater than the sum of its parts”.* I am someone to whom they say ‘every time I see a slide I think of you’, and that seems quite decontextualised, and that seems quite a decent place of commencement.
In this easygoing tragedy, comedy haunts me and I like to play along.
*Adam Harper
by Marikki Nyfors ⎸ process Sonja Aaltonen ⎸ mentoring and text Thomas Bîrzan ⎸ mentoring Luanda Casella ⎸ typography Aymeric Duriez ⎸ process Gabriel Marling Rideout
