Scores in a Listening Attitude, 2015
Scores in a Listening Attitude, 2015
<p><em>Scores in a listening attitude (Fire Sermon),</em> 2015. Annotated score for voice for <em>The Japanese closes his eyes, lowers his head, and sinks into a long reflection</em>. The Inquirer waits until his guest resumes the conversation. Digital print, graphite, 29.7 x 21cm. Translation by Christine Natsumi.  Informed by Ezra Pound’s ruthless editing of Eliot’s original script, and research in Japan, the work the work plays with metaphorical fire. <em>Everything is on fire, everything is burning. </em> Passages from the Buddha’s ancient scripture; T.S Eliot’s <em>The Fire Sermon</em> and the section by the same name of <em>The Wasteland </em>(1974) are threaded and recomposed as a score for solo voice. Excerpts were transcribed and translated from English into Japanese. The drawing/score was further annotated during with notes for translation and performance</p>

Scores in a listening attitude (Fire Sermon), 2015. Annotated score for voice for The Japanese closes his eyes, lowers his head, and sinks into a long reflection. The Inquirer waits until his guest resumes the conversation. Digital print, graphite, 29.7 x 21cm. Translation by Christine Natsumi. Informed by Ezra Pound’s ruthless editing of Eliot’s original script, and research in Japan, the work the work plays with metaphorical fire. Everything is on fire, everything is burning. Passages from the Buddha’s ancient scripture; T.S Eliot’s The Fire Sermon and the section by the same name of The Wasteland (1974) are threaded and recomposed as a score for solo voice. Excerpts were transcribed and translated from English into Japanese. The drawing/score was further annotated during with notes for translation and performance

<p><em>Scores in a listening attitude (The Japanese closes his eyes, lowers his head, and sinks into a long reflection. The Inquirer waits until his guest resumes the conversation.)</em>, 2015. Digital print, 29.7 x 21cm</p>

Scores in a listening attitude (The Japanese closes his eyes, lowers his head, and sinks into a long reflection. The Inquirer waits until his guest resumes the conversation.), 2015. Digital print, 29.7 x 21cm

<p><em>Aside Heap Fold</em>, 2015. Digital print, graphite, 29.7 x 21cm</p>

Aside Heap Fold, 2015. Digital print, graphite, 29.7 x 21cm