The Monument is Listening live performance KorSonor Festival 2023
The Monument is Listening live performance KorSonor Festival 2023
The Monument is Listening live performance KorSonor Festival 2023
The Monument is Listening.
Released in 2024 by Joyfully Waiting
Listen here :
https://joyfully-waiting.ch/joyfully-waiting-15
Commissioned by the KorSonor festival, The Monument is Listening is a form of reactivation of the light artwork by artist Emilie Ding, titled How High You Can Count - A Temporary Monument, which is displayed on the facade of Banque Mirabaud in Geneva and visible from the expanse of Plainpalais Plain. This homage work to the composer Pauline Oliveros was inaugurated in 2017, a year after the artist's passing, as an echo of the memory of a bright and generous being who had passed away. The birth and death dates of the artist were translated into a code of luminous colors, the impact of which benefits from the expanse of the Plain, former common land in the center of the city, preserved from privatizations and real estate speculation.
The luminous artwork and the building that hosts it become full participants in an active listening of their environment.
Composed with 4 hands, 4 ears, and 2 hearts, this composition seizes the luminous trace as a score giving rise to a sonic biography, woven from guitar layers, acoustic spectra of life on the Plain through the seasons, and resonances of the practice of Deep Listening.
Composition: Alizée Lenox & Emilie Ding
Mixing: James Ginzburg
Thanks to Olivier Kaeser and the KorSonor team.
Released in 2024 by Joyfully Waiting
Listen here :
https://joyfully-waiting.ch/joyfully-waiting-15
Commissioned by the KorSonor festival, The Monument is Listening is a form of reactivation of the light artwork by artist Emilie Ding, titled How High You Can Count - A Temporary Monument, which is displayed on the facade of Banque Mirabaud in Geneva and visible from the expanse of Plainpalais Plain. This homage work to the composer Pauline Oliveros was inaugurated in 2017, a year after the artist's passing, as an echo of the memory of a bright and generous being who had passed away. The birth and death dates of the artist were translated into a code of luminous colors, the impact of which benefits from the expanse of the Plain, former common land in the center of the city, preserved from privatizations and real estate speculation.
The luminous artwork and the building that hosts it become full participants in an active listening of their environment.
Composed with 4 hands, 4 ears, and 2 hearts, this composition seizes the luminous trace as a score giving rise to a sonic biography, woven from guitar layers, acoustic spectra of life on the Plain through the seasons, and resonances of the practice of Deep Listening.
Composition: Alizée Lenox & Emilie Ding
Mixing: James Ginzburg
Thanks to Olivier Kaeser and the KorSonor team.
