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Friday, February 11, 2005
I have lost friends
Things have dropped from me. I have outlived certain desires; I have lost friends, some by death... others through sheer inability to cross the street.
- Virginia Woolf
Boxing Day 2004. The world arose to a terrifying reminder of nature’s uncontrollable wrath. Sweeping waves of death that privilege neither nationality nor religious affiliation, a rampaging killer blind to our typically human conceits, the tsunamis left behind scenes of destruction and sorrow on a pornographic scale. Yet grief and loss have always stalked the human condition. They are a universal part of life and what makes us the people we are. As victims, as survivors, as volunteers, as aid-givers, as bystanders and voyeurs, we all grieve. But what is it that we have lost?
An attempt to reflect on that which cannot be reflected upon, “I Have Lost Friends” brings together a diverse group of artists using their work as an interpretive means to come to terms with not only sorrow and loss, but also beauty and hope. It is a simultaneous journey of mourning and rebirth.
The event is made up of 4 distinct segments and features the diverse talents of Norwegian improv drone rock band Del, as well as laptop musician Yuen Chee Wai in a collaboration with acclaimed noise artist Lasse Marhaug, Zai Kuning on his electric guitar with Harold Seah, drummer of the band Hello Kitty Riots, and Leslie Low & Evan Tan from The Observatory. Join us on a contemplative night as we take a quiet journey that will see the exchange of perceptions, impressions and ideas framed within a broad cross-cultural context, in remembrance of things lost.
This event is made possible by singapore sonic arts collective (sporesac), an open-ended assemblage of like-minded musicians and event organisers that seeks to create greater awareness of experimental music and sound art in Singapore and its region. Made up of diverse individuals who nevertheless share a passion for avant-garde sounds, the collective has set its mind on strengthening the emerging experimental music scene in Singapore with a number of ongoing initiatives.
17 February 2005 (Thursday), 8pm
Artrium 0107, MICA Building (NAC)
Tickets at $10
from Roxy Records (Excelsior)
or at the door.
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