Titolo:
Ghost Dances for Birdland
Player:
Partecipanti:
Jacki Apple
Città:
Los Angeles
Paese:
USA
Anno:
1991
Durata:
10' 29"
Numerazione:
35.b.2.C
Info brano:
THE CULTURE OF DISAPPEARANCE This radio "opera" about extinction and the conditions of loss and denial endemic to industrial and post-industrial society, is a dirge for the exterminated species if the 19th and 20th centuries. Narration performe
Supporto:
a
Posizione:
05/05
Materiali:
Track 4 del CD "ghost.dances/ on the event horizon" (1995, T. T.: 70' 30"). Sound designed and produ
Informazioni tecniche:
mp3
Descrizione:
"ghost.dances/ on the event horizon": following up her retrospective anthology "Thank You For Flying American", visual, performance, and media artist, and audio-composer/producer Jacki Apple's second CD release is a sonic evocation of the clash between nature and culture in the modern world. It contains works from six major pieces that explore environmental issues - The Amazon (from "The Amazon, The Mekong, The Missouri and The Nile"), an excerpt from "Aviary of the Lost" plus "Flame to Moth & Fish Gotta Swim" and "Ghost Dancers for Birdland" from "The Culture of Disappearance", the full-length "One World at a Time" set in outer space, inner space, and cyber sapce, and "Fluctuations of the Fields" based on the writings of physicist avid Bohm. It includes music from Bruce Fowler, Ruben Garcia, and Kira Vollman & Joseph Berardi, as well as Apple's sound compositions and vocals. A Cactus Foundation/ Chronic Interactive production
