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Tag Archives: song
Ištvan Išt Huzjan
‘1981-1987’ (2009) by Ištvan Išt Huzjan.
A book consisting of seven photographs, all taken on the 1st of june (the artist’s birthdate) between 1981 and 1987. By opening a page, a sound mechanism is triggered.
The sound files coincide with the dates of the photographs, playing number-one hit songs from that date.
Marcus Coates
‘Dawn Chorus‘ (2007) by Marcus Coates.
Marcus Coates recorded videos of people singing along to slowed-down birdsong in ordinary human habitats, then sped the videos back up to pitch.
Matt Golden
‘Song for Ella’ by Matt Golden. From 2005.
The corner of a sheet of paper was stroked over a period of months.
Mounira Al Solh
Stills from the video ‘Rawane’s Song’ (2006) by Mounira Al Solh.
(seen last week in De Appel, Amsterdam)
Al Martino (RIP)
‘Volare’ (1976) by Al Martino (*October 7, 1927 – †October 13, 2009).
See the ‘Volare‘ post from about a month ago.
Joseph Beuys vs America
‘Sonne statt Reagan’ (1983) popsong by Joseph Beuys.
A protest song against America and its use of nuclear weapons.
‘I like America and America likes me’, Beuys’ famous performance in New York (1974).
In May 1974 Beuys flew to New York and was taken by ambulance to the site of the performance, a room in the René Block Gallery on East Broadway. He shared this room with a wild coyote, for eight hours over three days. At times he stood, wrapped in a thick, grey blanket of felt, leaning on a large shepherd’s staff. At the end of the three days, Beuys hugged the coyote that had grown quite tolerant of him, and was taken to the airport. Again he rode in a veiled ambulance, leaving America without having set foot on its ground.
