{"id":4002,"date":"2006-12-02T22:24:58","date_gmt":"2006-12-03T03:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=4002"},"modified":"2006-12-03T08:39:03","modified_gmt":"2006-12-03T13:39:03","slug":"an_oratorio_abo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2006\/12\/02\/an_oratorio_abo\/","title":{"rendered":"“An oratorio about our virtual surroundings”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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And, with great frequency, we find it necessary to <\/em>become the news, to participate in it, to deliver it. Perhaps this impulse is our only defense; reality television, the blogosphere and YouTube are but a few examples. These are the new narrative forms of our life. Digital reportage, punditry, and testimony are now integral to the way we define ourselves.<\/em><\/blockquote>\n\n

That’s from the introduction to their new work Still Life with Commentator<\/em>, by Vijay Iyer<\/a><\/strong>, Mike Ladd<\/strong>, and Ibrahim Quraishi<\/strong>. The show premiered earlier this year in Chapel Hill and Salzburg and has its first major run this week, December 6-10<\/a>, at BAM in New York City. The album on Savoy Records will appear in March.<\/p>\n\n

Still Life<\/em> involves many of the artists who appeared in Iyer and Ladd’s tremendous 2003-04 project In What Language?<\/a><\/em> with the addition of avant-garde vocalist Pamela Z<\/a>. I’ve heard the music and it’s terrific; Vijay has also posted this preview<\/a> on YouTube.<\/p>\n\n

More on this next week, but I encourage NYC-area macacas to check this show out; it’s a big deal. And considering that the artists call the piece as “an oratorio about our virtual surroundings,” it may prove fodder for discussion here in the virtual surroundings we share.\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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