CLARKE & WARE
SOUND INSTALLATION EVENT - OCTOBER 2003
Not really a gig, but I happened
to catch an art exhibit that included a music installation by
Clarke+Ware's lllustrious Co Ltd. I snapped a few photos &
thought I'd put them up in case
anyone was interested in seeing them. Martyn Ware (of Heaven 17)
turned up for the event,
although Vince Clarke didn't. The exhibit was called 'Sacred Waterways'
and was sponsored by
The Interfaith Center Of New York, in collaboration with the Metropolitan
Waterfront Alliance.
A postcard describing the exhibit
says: "A temporary site-specific exhibition on Riverside
Park which gathers artistic responses to both the environment
and religious prractices."
Vince & Martyn's contribution
was an audio version of a Shinto wishing tree (a Japanese
custom of writing down wishes and tying them to a tree.) Clarke+Ware's
wishing tree soundtrack
was based on people's wishes that were phoned-in and recorded
on an answering machine the
previous month. The voices were mixed with tracks of ambient music
written to match the moods
of the spoken words. The piece was played at the art exhibit,
and CDs were given out to visitors.
Other art works at the exhibition
included sculptures (some actually floating in the river), and
demonstrations of various relgious rituals such as a Japanese
tea ceremony, and traditional Hindu,
Christian, etc. blessings involving water. It was mentioned that
most civilizations were founded on riverbanks.
See photos below. -Brooklyn Sue
October 4, 2003 - Riverside Park, Hudson River, Manhattan New
York City
A floating map of Manhattan
********Martyn Ware********
Peter & Jeffo check out the sculptures
Sculpture in the foreground,
Hindu ceremony & onlookers to the right