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Ursonate / Ursonography Excerpts (2005)

Highlights from the premiere of "Ursonography" by Jaap Blonk and Golan Levin, 2005. Blonk's performance of Kurt Schwitters' Ursonate is augmented with a modest but elegant new form of expressive, r...  
 
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blahblahblah593333 (3 weeks ago) Show Hide
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thank you :)
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blahblahblah593333 (3 weeks ago) Show Hide
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can anyone tell me from what avant garde movement ursonate can be defined into? thanks:)
jacobvee (3 weeks ago) Show Hide
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it's dada forever!!
raufito74 (2 months ago) Show Hide
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fümmms prffft zöki zöki brms ( = good job! KS would have loved it :-) )
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This is unbelieveable. So brilliant. I can't believe Blonk memorized all this. He is so expressive with the words. This is one of my favorite movies of all time.
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he didnt memorize it
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I think of Berio's vocal lines as being less patterned or at least in less detail than the highly articulated Ursonate. I think of some of Bobby Mc Ferrin's stunning improvisations. In my experience as both performer and listener, the human voice is inexhaustibly expressive. I wonder if anyone's ever done a book or a film on extended vocal forms in global performance? From Tibetan chanting to the Roy Hart Theatre, Korean Pansori, scat singing, Chinese opera, Klingon opera (!) and more!
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Kethvan (4 months ago) Show Hide
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So very extremely innovative. Like .... Berio?

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