omihachiman tea party, via click opera
I recently checked out Nick's account of the Omihachiman tea party, a music and tea event near Kyoto. Watching his video of the Phirip and YukoNexus 6 performances provided a short and sharp wake up call to me, reminding me of how bloated and heavy western aesthetics are. This is performance that is as exactly as quick pointed as it needs to be, and cuts right to the heart of things, without the sloppiness that we in the west tend to add. Highly recommended viewing!
Comments
I think it's significant that the most striking artists at this event were women, and that they were making music about cakes.
Posted by: Momus | August 12, 2004 5:04 AM
Well, if that was music about cakes, perhaps I was reading a bit much into it. Or not.
One thing that I love about the performances you posted is that they seem so open to multiple interpretation, so I can see them as post-industrial neo-Hegelian sound treatises if I want (wtf?), when in fact they're about little cakes.
They're not telling me what I should get from them or what I should listen to, but instead they just let me play in the sound space they've created. That's still a rather radical approach, I think, and maybe it's somewhat cynical as well.
Posted by: roddy | August 12, 2004 7:38 AM