Sacred SISTER Dedication MUSIC
Strange Music CD 012 - released October 2003
$12.98 + S&H
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"A soundtrack that's unusual on a number of levels." - New Sounds, WNYCSacred SISTER
Dedication MUSIC
A collaborative project of Bettina WITTEVEEN and Robert WILSON
Dedication Music was created for an event that marked the launch of a collaboration between the German photographer Bettina WitteVeen and Robert Wilson called "Sacred Sister." The book that accompanies it has an excellent and extensive analysis of the project by Charles A. Riley. The music that served to dedicate the project is comprised of 3 cycles of ambient gamelan alternating with 4 dance-like movements. Of the dance movements, two are loosely based on tingklik and kebyar styles while the other two are abstract structures of my own design. PG - NYC
dedicate v. 1. To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate. 2. To set apart for some special use; to appropriate; devote. 3. To address or inscribe (a literary work or artistic performance, for example) to someone as a mark of respect or affection.1. Ambient - 1.09
2. Abstract 1A - 3.08
3. Ambient - 1.04
4. Tingklik 1 - 2.08
5. Ambient - 1.08
6. Abstract 2A - 2.56
7. Ambient - 1.00
8. Kebyar 1 - 3.00
9. Ambient - 1.02
10. Abstract 1B - 2.56
11. Ambient - 0.56
12. Tingklik 2 - 1.41
13. Ambient - 1.16
14. Abstract 2B - 2.56
15. Ambient - 0.58
16. Kebyar 2 - 2.59
17. Ambient - 1.02
18. Abstract 1C - 3.17
19. Ambient - 1.02
20. Tingklik 3 - 2.20
21. Ambient - 0.43
22. Abstract 2C - 2.59
23. Ambient - 2.40
24. Kebyar 3 - 3.19Total Running Time: 47.51
All tracks performed and recorded by the composer September 2003
Cover photo © Bettina WitteVeenAll music and materials © 2003 Patrick Grant / sTRANGE mUSIC Inc.™
All titles published by Silent Treatment (BMI)SACRED SISTER
Verve Editions announces the publication of a new book, Sacred Sister, documenting an important artistic project. Ancient myth and state-of-the-art photography are interwoven in this arresting meditation on timeless female power by the up-and-coming artist Bettina WitteVeen.A hundred powerful images delving into timeless themes from Greek mythology (the Three Fates, Amazons, Hecate and Medusa) to Asian spirituality (Tara). The photographs are taken in remote Far Eastern locales, including the jungles of Bali, Burma and Vietnam, by WitteVeen, an artist whose work has been the highlight of a recent exhibition at the Museum of Natural History in New York.
The works comprise a touring exhibition that was designed by Robert Wilson, one of the major figures of the avant-garde. The book includes an extensive documentary record of Wilson's working process in creating the Balinese-inspired pavilions in which the photographs will be shown, his first project of this kind.
Deep in the jungles of Bali, Burma, Vietnam, and Indonesia, the artist Bettina WitteVeen has conducted an extraordinary seven-year project to find the face of legend in the peoples of today. The result is a powerful group of 100 stunning images that capture the strength of womanhood in a global context.
Pursuing the theme of the "sacred sister" to the far corners of Asia, WitteVeen has succeeded in bringing together deep-rooted beliefs and the spiritual life of real women in our own time, if not our own culture. The series has a strong central theme, nothing less than epic in scope, that finds universal significance in a deeply held belief in the significance of the universe. This center holds together dynamic images of young and old women, trance dancers and weavers, priestesses and innocent young girls - all captured through the lens of a practicing Buddhist.
It is accompanied by a fascinating and accessible interpretive essay by Charles A. Riley, that serves to illuminate the ideas explored through WitteVeen's art.
more information at:
www.bettinawitteveen.comwww.strangemusic.com
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