Friday 30 May, 2008

Terry Fox - ATARAXIA : Works with Sound (1979-1981)


"Sound is a means of communication, a universal language. It enters the healthy ear without impediments of language or prejudice it is perceived by every culture in the same way: via the auditory canal. It enters the ear without consent of the listener. It vibrates the eardrum. It requires no intellectualization. No intelligence is necessary. No common language need be spoken. Illiteracy is irrelevant. Sound pauses as pulses in the air.

Performance is, for me, an attempt to discover a language or method of communication which bypasses these barriers as sound does. The most important aspect of performance is the elimination of media or mediating or condition. The action is performed live and in front of its receiver. It exists only on these terms and in this context and no other: like eating. My work with the labyrinth led increasingly to the almost limit less sculptural possibilities of sound."

—Terry Fox



"In the field of the now quite famous (at least to the more attentive "Blow Up" readers) "Wire Music", the name of Terry Fox is probably less celebrated that the ones of Ellen Fullman or Paul Panhuysen and his rare incisions on vinyl are really hard to find, and a cult object for collectors. But this Seattle artist is a veteran of the genre, and a seminal figure for the performance and sound installation world. For these reasons, this first edition on CD is almost an event! As a true nomad, Fox has lived in various parts of the world, also in Italy (Rome, Bologna, Napoli, Firenze), realizing his installations in various strange places. "suono interno", the first excerpt of this cd, only 2'50'', is taken from three six-hours performances that the artist gave in the former Santa Lucia Church in Bologna, 1979. In the completely empty and abandoned church, two piano wires of the church's lenght were stretched from a point of the big wooden door. The audience was looking at the performance from a single hole in the door. The same door was also working as resonance projecting the sound outside. Also in the other tracks site-specificity is a key element. The almost 25 minutes of "Berlin attic Wire" are a great example of pure sound art, this time the piano wires exploring the resonances of the attic of the Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin. What seems incredible is the fantastic electronic character of the pieces, also because no electronics at all were used, except the use of a microphone for recording! The exceptional side in Terry Fox's sculptures is in the ability to transfigure sound sources and space, creating an art textured for the moment and the sound space achieved events convey minimal, but with very strong emotions."

in "Blow Up", Italy, July/August 1999.
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ATARAXIA - Works with Sound (79/81)

1 Suono Interno (2:50)
2 Rallentando (2:50)
3 Lunar Rambles (9:24)
4 Culvert (9:24) (Featuring - Bill GIlbert , Bootz Hubbard)
5 Berlin Attic Wire, Beating (24:44)
6 Berlin Attic Wire, Bowing (15:07)

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13 comments:

Anonymous said...

So is this the promised CD reissue of 'Berlino / Rallentando' LP?
Is it the same material as this post:
http://toliveandshaveinla.blogspot.com/2007/03/terry-fox-berlino-rallentando-1988.html
I'll download it anyway. Thank you.

bravo juju said...

Hi;

Thanks for your feedback!
I visited the address you posted but didn't download the recorded yet, some of the pieces seem to be the same while others aren't for this recording "ATARAXIA" is the product of recordings made between 1979-81, so 88 seems to far. So I can't assure you that it's a complete reissue or a partial one with other pieces...

Anyway, as you say, one can download and confirm. Definitely good recordings in both cases.

Best Regards;

Anonymous said...

A GREAT BLOG AND VERY GOOD TERRY FOX CD. THANK YOU

bravo juju said...

Thanks for your feedback!!
We're glad you appreciated the blog, stay tunned for more Rock N' Post!!

Best Regards;

Anonymous said...

http://twicezonked.blogspot.com/2009/04/terry-fox-berlino-rallentando-het.html

Anonymous said...

i never sed thx fer this so, thanks. culvert, the river piece is the cream

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