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Some commentary from the organizer of this week's event at the Shipyard:
"This wasn't just a great event, I was *completely* blown away! Could things have not gone better?!?
It was our great honor to have you in our space. What you guys are doing is exactly in resonance with the vibe of the Shipyard. We want you back! *You* want to come back! Yay!!! :)
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We'll talk further with Jim and Charlie [Shipyard partners] about the future of F-Space events at the Shipyard, but I, personally, think we should think about *periodic* events.
The Shipyard is in a fragile place right now with Berkeley, but this is changing, and events are one of the thing we're literally *made* for.
But if we do periodic events, we must have something new each time to make it worth going to every time.
I'd like to do more than just have Scot's flame thrower bathe the fountain. :) I think there's some real potential for collaboration on a large scale. As large-scale metal artists, our art typically is very sturdy, and steel makes great sounds. I think if we, as sculptors, plant the seed of making our pieces playable, and you, as musicians, plant the seed of playing sculpture -- not just sculptural instruments, like you already make, but instrumental *sculpture* -- I think we could really reap an amazing harvest and feed our respective creativity for a good while!
And people would keep coming back to see what insanity the Shipyard/F-Space has done "this time".
Anyway, I'm walking on air today! My head is exploding with ideas! Let's do this more! You guys rock!!!!!"
"This wasn't just a great event, I was *completely* blown away! Could things have not gone better?!?
It was our great honor to have you in our space. What you guys are doing is exactly in resonance with the vibe of the Shipyard. We want you back! *You* want to come back! Yay!!! :)
<snip>
We'll talk further with Jim and Charlie [Shipyard partners] about the future of F-Space events at the Shipyard, but I, personally, think we should think about *periodic* events.
The Shipyard is in a fragile place right now with Berkeley, but this is changing, and events are one of the thing we're literally *made* for.
But if we do periodic events, we must have something new each time to make it worth going to every time.
I'd like to do more than just have Scot's flame thrower bathe the fountain. :) I think there's some real potential for collaboration on a large scale. As large-scale metal artists, our art typically is very sturdy, and steel makes great sounds. I think if we, as sculptors, plant the seed of making our pieces playable, and you, as musicians, plant the seed of playing sculpture -- not just sculptural instruments, like you already make, but instrumental *sculpture* -- I think we could really reap an amazing harvest and feed our respective creativity for a good while!
And people would keep coming back to see what insanity the Shipyard/F-Space has done "this time".
Anyway, I'm walking on air today! My head is exploding with ideas! Let's do this more! You guys rock!!!!!"
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Re: Kiki Sez....
Tue, March 9, 2004 - 10:28 AMOnce the environment's transformed into a broad active space, two possibilities that occur to me are:
1) "audience" participation - (ohhhhh...that would be sweet....)
2) dramatic set-pieces with playable sets, a la Faustmusic or the awesome performance group Blood Lotus from Chicago. -
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Re: Kiki Sez....
Wed, March 10, 2004 - 11:49 AM>1) "audience" participation - (ohhhhh...that would be sweet....)
We actually talked about this a bit [some Shipyardies], but the consensus was that when you open up a space to be playable, people will bang on *EVERYTHING* and *HARD* and this might not be appropriate for everything in our yard! [Though I long for a jam session of *containers*!! As does Jim!]
>2) dramatic set-pieces with playable sets, a la Faustmusic or the awesome
>performance group Blood Lotus from Chicago.
Now *this* is more what I'm thinking!! [Though I'm new to the bands -- I'll have to check them out!]
Here's one that came to mind:
Start with Egeria empty. F-Space plays the bowls with wood mallets [this is actually entirely safe -- the bowls are *very* thick, plus very work hardened.]
The bowls sound absolutely *amazing*, BTW!! Like giant drums!
Play and start filling the fountain. Over time, the bowls' sounds get deeper and a little more muffled. You can then start playing the *water*, with paddles or hands, slapping, or hitting cupped for *bloop* sounds. [Check here for some mp3s I uploaded for inspiration [Baka people of the Cameroon rainforest]: burningideas.com/tmp/water_drums/ ]
Egeria can also be *climbed* on. The bottom bowl has 3300# of weight! One or two people are literally drops in a bucket. :) I climb up her all the time to assemble her. We have multiple people in her to put up the upper tiers.
Once the whole fountain is full, ignite her!
There's certainly technical issues [with a hose, Egeria takes a couple hours to fill, for instance -- we'd have to have a reservoir and attach it somehow to the pump system] but it's quite doable.
In any case, I think a collaboration would crack everyone's brains wide open!
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Re: Kiki Sez....
Wed, March 10, 2004 - 7:30 PM1) "audience" participation - The American Rhythmic Foundation has released a study with this seemingly little known fact. 98.7% of the American public is completely devoid of any sense of rhythm. This tragic condition is most prevalent in Guitarists and Drum Circles, but also manifests itself in seemingly innocuous situations such as Audience Participation Performances. -
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Re: Kiki Sez....
Thu, March 11, 2004 - 5:32 PMA strong lead drummer makes all the difference.
[I was in an *amazing* drum community in Asheville NC, and was *appalled* when I drummed out here! Feh.]
Kiki
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Re: Kiki Sez....
Thu, March 18, 2004 - 11:38 AMI've never found the rhythm method to be a very effective way to play the guitar...
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