Comments on: Meredith Monk: Impermanence http://www.kunstmusik.com/2006/02/16/meredith-monk-impermanence/ thoughts and experiences Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:14:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Steven http://www.kunstmusik.com/2006/02/16/meredith-monk-impermanence/comment-page-1/#comment-5022 Steven Tue, 07 Nov 2006 13:18:36 +0000 http://www.kunstmusik.com/2006/02/16/meredith-monk-impermanence/#comment-5022 Hi Monica, Thanks for contributing your thoughts on the performance. I am most familiar with Meredith Monk's works through audio recordings (CD's) and when we went to see Impermananence it was the first time I had seen her live. It's been some time now since the performance and when I first wrote those entry, and thinking back I get an impression that a lot of the things that I saw could be quite mundane and silly, but it was really *how* they performed it, the spirit behind it, that made it come alive. It's strange for me to say all this too because I think normally if someone was to describe to me what was going to happen in this performance before I went, I might not have thought much of it, but having seen it first and without much expectation, I was really touched by the experience. Perhaps it was the performance that night or the space that made the difference? I haven't been to BAM in a long time but from what I remember the hall was quite big, much more so than the one at Yerba Buena which feels quite intimate to me. Otherwise, sorry to hear you did not enjoy the performance. At least we can share in enjoying her recorded musical work! ^_^ Hi Monica,

Thanks for contributing your thoughts on the performance. I am most familiar with Meredith Monk’s works through audio recordings (CD’s) and when we went to see Impermananence it was the first time I had seen her live.

It’s been some time now since the performance and when I first wrote those entry, and thinking back I get an impression that a lot of the things that I saw could be quite mundane and silly, but it was really *how* they performed it, the spirit behind it, that made it come alive.

It’s strange for me to say all this too because I think normally if someone was to describe to me what was going to happen in this performance before I went, I might not have thought much of it, but having seen it first and without much expectation, I was really touched by the experience.

Perhaps it was the performance that night or the space that made the difference? I haven’t been to BAM in a long time but from what I remember the hall was quite big, much more so than the one at Yerba Buena which feels quite intimate to me.

Otherwise, sorry to hear you did not enjoy the performance. At least we can share in enjoying her recorded musical work!

^_^

]]> By: Monica http://www.kunstmusik.com/2006/02/16/meredith-monk-impermanence/comment-page-1/#comment-4634 Monica Sun, 05 Nov 2006 16:26:51 +0000 http://www.kunstmusik.com/2006/02/16/meredith-monk-impermanence/#comment-4634 PS. My comment was about the performance at BAM last night. PS. My comment was about the performance at BAM last night.

]]> By: Monica http://www.kunstmusik.com/2006/02/16/meredith-monk-impermanence/comment-page-1/#comment-4633 Monica Sun, 05 Nov 2006 16:24:47 +0000 http://www.kunstmusik.com/2006/02/16/meredith-monk-impermanence/#comment-4633 So funny. I walked out of this performance at intermission, having been so exited to see it for weeks. I am a huge fan of Monk's recordings. But I thought the performances were overly precious and stuck in the 70's. Painful. Overwrought. Not free at all. I wanted to giggle, too. Maybe for the older patrons it was a moving experience since they were around when this kind of work was cutting edge. But I just wanted her and her ensemble to sing/vocalize, which is, ultiimatley, what she/they are best at. I was so excited to see an older artist still working, but then it ended up being doubly depressing since, in fact, her age, in some way, showed in the work. So funny. I walked out of this performance at intermission, having been so exited to see it for weeks. I am a huge fan of Monk’s recordings. But I thought the performances were overly precious and stuck in the 70’s. Painful. Overwrought. Not free at all. I wanted to giggle, too. Maybe for the older patrons it was a moving experience since they were around when this kind of work was cutting edge. But I just wanted her and her ensemble to sing/vocalize, which is, ultiimatley, what she/they are best at. I was so excited to see an older artist still working, but then it ended up being doubly depressing since, in fact, her age, in some way, showed in the work.

]]> By: Steven http://www.kunstmusik.com/2006/02/16/meredith-monk-impermanence/comment-page-1/#comment-2717 Steven Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:16:07 +0000 http://www.kunstmusik.com/2006/02/16/meredith-monk-impermanence/#comment-2717 I'm not aware of any DVD of Impermanence available and did not see one on <a href="http://www.meredithmonk.org" rel="nofollow">meredithmonk.org</a>. It looks like they are still touring the piece so might too early for something like that to be made. I noticed though that you have an NYU email address and that they are performing Impermanance at BAM on November 1-5 as part of the Next Wave Festival, so if you're in New York then you might have an opportunity to see it live! steven I’m not aware of any DVD of Impermanence available and did not see one on meredithmonk.org. It looks like they are still touring the piece so might too early for something like that to be made. I noticed though that you have an NYU email address and that they are performing Impermanance at BAM on November 1-5 as part of the Next Wave Festival, so if you’re in New York then you might have an opportunity to see it live!

steven

]]> By: Germono Tousaint Bryant http://www.kunstmusik.com/2006/02/16/meredith-monk-impermanence/comment-page-1/#comment-2716 Germono Tousaint Bryant Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:07:39 +0000 http://www.kunstmusik.com/2006/02/16/meredith-monk-impermanence/#comment-2716 Does anyone know if there has been a DVD of impermance that I can purchase or any video of hers that I can purchase? Does anyone know if there has been a DVD of impermance that I can purchase or any video of hers that I can purchase?

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