Non Classical Music

So you won't say I am not going out of my way to bring culture right your doorstep, I went to a contemporary music concert yesterday, where the dress-code is classical, but the music is a-tonal.
Was great meeting friends, was great drawing, was great listening!

Voila:

One cello (is the loneliest number)

two harps

 

 

water and music from the internal war zone

A visit at home can be a challenging experience, so here are some clicks I did with the sketchpad...

My wife's kibutz entry looks heart throbbing from inside the car at 6 AM

When it is so so hot, the pool and the sea are the only option outside of the air-conditioned bubble.

The continuous struggle I have with colors continues

And continues

While black and white in a non hostile environment makes me feel safer

Colors allow understanding swimming is not allowed.

The things I am craving for when Israel are art and music from the place that molded me, I went to a museum, but O.D'd and couldn't draw anything. Music, however, indeed came my way (followed by a three hour gift of a meeting :-)

The show was by Hemi Rudner backed by Almog Mudai, and the impressions are below.

Almog solo

Hemi joins, a lovely stage carpet, black curtains and  the speakers right near me.
Life is good, no complaints.

Can't draw small when sitting close, so diagonally is the only option

Nomi Shemer, tell me sweet sweet lies...

Blues (and some green)

Watercolor

Three almost-one-liners 

open space #1

open space #2

open space #3

See you around.

Frith on a boat

Waiting

Still waiting..

Just got back from a concert by one of my favorite musicians,
Fred Frith performed with Berangere Maximin @ Le Batofar, a boat on the local river.

Always a pleasure discovering new and great musicians, Berangere Maximin looks like Scarlet Johnson, and  makes electronic soundscapes that fall into the blessed and uncategorized domain of random audio-visual noise (look+listen here)

Berangere Maximin x 2

As for Fred Frith, you can look up his work on the web (you tube or vimeo is better than just listening)

One may say he is a dadaist musician.or to be more elaborate... (here goes my 5 cents of humble understanding...) :

Music started out as primal sound, meant to express emotions, first with human voice, than with percussion on top, and slowly there came tools that are more and more elaborate, with music theories, scales, (let alone production, lyrics, etc.)

Two cans and a chain

Fred Frith is one of those that walks past the rules to return to the primal source of music, hence no scales, but using an elaborate instrument (the electrical guitar), and manages to get a clear emotional state (mainly on the palette of Happy).

Don't get me wrong, his craftsmanship is impressive, and his technical toolbox is rich, but the mastery (as with all great musicians) is in putting it all aside.

Ok, I blabber enough, the only thing I wanted to add is that he goes in is music where I hope to go in my drawings, stepping across the border of form to catch the integral view of the object.

Here is my take on the show, till nextime!

Inverse

Traverse

Violin bow