Slow Life

This short black and white video spans the creation of a single, spontaneous painting created in conjunction with an evocative, dream-like soundscape improvised in the moment. Focusing on the brush work of calligrapher Gong, in dialogue with musical gestures from Perera (guitar) and Peebles (computer), this elegant meditation slowly reveals a visual landscape reminiscent of mountains and waterfalls and an aural landscape inhabited by birds, fire, water and ethereal tones — a "cinematic, ritual performance for eyes and ears".

"Slow Life" (1997 / 5:38)

Performers
Sarah Peebles, computer-assisted performance and shô (Japanese mouth-organ)
Nilan Perera, altered electric guitar and effects
Chung Gong Ha, calligraphy performance

Production
Created and produced by Rogers Television, Toronto for "Daytime", December 10, 1997.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Cinnamon
• Sphere
• Sarah
• Peebles
• Nilan
• Perera
• Chung
• Gong
• Ha
• experimental
• music
• improvisation
• new
• performance