the gong show

the gong show last night was amazing.   I have been looking at dissonance in my work a lot recently.  the idea of elements coming together in a way that were not originally intended is something that runs through my work.  I know that this is something that is a physical manifestation of my fascination with how this shows up in every day life.  tatsuyu nakatani is a Japanese sound artist and percussionist.  he has created his own instruments and techniques where he uses drums, sticks, gongs, cymbals, singing bowls, and all sorts of metal objects on which he uses hand made bows to create sound.  this goes right along with what has been going on in the studio where I choose music that is dissonant, seemingly non-sensical, and chaotic to influence my decision making process when I am working.  at first glance in life we look at the world and sometimes see chaos or similarities in pattern and movements.  at the same time, the amount of information coming to us through the constant barrage of information on the news, social media, and being constantly accessible via constant cell phone accessibility can be overwhelming.  I am fascinated by this idea that this tide of information can be arranged in such a way that its almost like being swept away with a strong tide.  while living on the east coast, I used to love to sit on the beach and watch the way the water would behave when a strong undertow was happening.  red flags would be raised by the life guards and everyone was ordered by megaphone wielding teenagers who were so happy to have a summer job that allowed work on their tans and prance around showing off their physiques.  the waves would look seemingly normal but you can tell that there would be a disturbance under the water by millions of little bubble coming up to the surface.  this disturbance below is what I am interested in looking for in my work.  my use of resins and other transparent media provide me the opportunity to show the "beneath" that music allows me to "see".