We tend to think of an emergency as something sudden—the kind of jarring, life-and-death situation that leaps out at us with abrupt urgency. And when we think about what an emergency sounds like, that assumption is often fresh in our minds: sirens, clatter—noises sharp and loud that aggressively hold our attention. But what happens whenContinue reading “Listening Conditions”
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Lance Austin Olsen / Gil Sansón. Works on Paper.
The hypnotic double-disc set Works on Paper is the most recent collaboration between Victoria, B.C.-based composer and painter Lance Austin Olsen and Venezuelan composer and artist Gil Sansón. The stark, purposeful, expletive-laced monologue (courtesy of audio engineer and composer Alan F. Jones, who also runs the Marginal Frequency imprint) that is threaded through the openingContinue reading “Lance Austin Olsen / Gil Sansón. Works on Paper.”
Ociciwan Contemporary Art Collective: in memoriam . . . Project
THE EIGHTH PROJECT initiated by the Edmonton-based Ociciwan Contemporary Art Collective, in memoriam . . . , was nominally about a performance, but soon morphed into a unique achievement of seemingly infinite layers. Its complex genesis, motivations, resonances, and residual impact on its participants transcend its basic idea. It conveys a distinctively humane and elevated notion ofContinue reading “Ociciwan Contemporary Art Collective: in memoriam . . . Project”