I wrote:
quoted 7 lines 'tape music', prepared compositions. We'll have good speakers
>> 'tape music', prepared compositions. We'll have good speakers
>> (hopefully a quad system plus 4 pair house speakers),
>> so the sound will be better than most can muster at home -- but I
>> *really* don't know if people will come out for, or be satisfied with,
>> a show that's devoid of "performance". I'm going to try to speak a bit
>> to this stuff up front, and ask the artists to say a few words about
>> their work, in hopes of steering expectations. I'll report back
and Andy asked:
quoted 1 line So, how did it go? If you have done this already, that is.
> So, how did it go? If you have done this already, that is.
All in all I am quiet pleased. To my surprise, I think we had the best
turn-out yet, it was quite full and I'd say we had around 100 people in
and out. It was quite gratifying to have that people show up simply to
listen -- even more so since I really don't know where many of them are
coming from; there seems to be a draw from a lot of different
communities. For the most part the audience seems well educated -- or at
least very open minded.
I'll take the liberty of quoting from one of the attendees to wrote me
after show; I would say these comments mean that at least for that
person, I succeeded in creating exactly the environment I hoped to:
"great event friday, many thanx. really pleasurable to listen to quiet
composed work in that relaxed public context and to share that hipnogogic
body space and somcognizant cinematic imagination with the artists and
all present, one that, for me, is a very solitary activity. definitely a
testament to the space and your intentions to bring this work out as you
are doing. it was truely engaging to move through that auditory space and
encounter other bodies, someone's sleep shiftings, and startled
awakenings; through pleasure, displeasure and indifference to the work,
all those different layers of proxy listening and presence."
Re: sleeping, Steve Roden introduced his (amazing) 45-minute piece with
the comment that he and his wife have often fallen asleep to it. It was
quite an experience to have a whole house-full (~90-100 people?) of people
sprawled out, some intent, some drifting in and out of sleep state, while
the piece unfolded over the better part of an hour.
We did have a few technical glitches hear and there with the sound system
-- it was the most sophisticated setup to date, with two independent PAs
facing one another, in addition to fill from 4 pair stereo speakers -- but
I don't think that was a major detraction.
Moving forward, I imagine I'll do another night like this sometime -- and
it's nice to know that if the occasional prepared piece finds itself on
the bill, the audience doesn't have a problem with it.
Incidentally -- if anyone missed my earlier spam, I'm always open to
proposals for performances here in San Francisco; write me if you want me
to send you the call-for-proposals.
best,
aaron
ghede@well.com
http://www.quietamerican.org
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