James Bond style "acoustic graffiti" performance by the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) building in Vauxhall Cross performed by Oleg "Pianocrasher" Lapidus. London, October 2008
Acoustic Graffiti Arts by the Pianocrasher
Acoustic Graffiti performances and art works, created by Oleg Lapidus signify the spread of graffiti culture into music world.
While classic graffiti usually stands for a painting on a prohibited surface, «acoustic graffiti» is a music performance in a prohibited place at a prohibited time. The difference between the two would be that visual graffiti is a form of street art while "acoustic graffiti" can happen indoors, including the most high profile venues, where classic graffiti would equal vandalism.
The moment of truth comes when security appear on the scene. It is the symbol of prohibition imposed on an individual by public order regulations.
"Through my performances I demonstrate reaction of society to an unconventional creative trend and I declare the rights of an individual to it." Oleg Lapidus, the Pianocrasher
The "Pianocrasher" title refers to Italian "piano" - meaning "soft" and can be interpreted as "breaking silence." Talented and versatile musician, Oleg is a virtuoso clarinettist and saxophonist, a skilful pianist, flutist and a music teacher. For this reason his "pianocrashes" involve not only actual piano performances, but also flute, sax and clarinet.
Recent pianocrashes include the lobby of the iconic buildings on the South Bank - Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall and the Royal National Theatre, a number of top London hotels, like The Dorchester and Grosvenor House in Park Lane, historic Browns Hotel in Mayfair and The Ritz as well as restaurants such as glamorous JUST St. James's in St. James's.
During one of his most extreme crashes Oleg was performing James Bond theme on sax in front the MI6 building - home of the legendary Ian Fleming's hero.
In October 2008 "Pianocrasher" played a traditional Irish tune on his flute in one of the conference rooms of the Palace of Westminster. This landmark performance truly confirmed the existence of the new kind of art.
In 2008 Oleg Lapidus also initiated the movement of Prohibitivism that aims to unite prohibited visual arts like Graffiti, Acoustic Graffiti, innovative prohibited trends and artists belonging to them by way of joint exhibits, workshops and other creative promotions.
"Pianocrash involves uncertainty just like any on stage performance and it makes you feel just as vulnerable or even more than a scheduled concert," - says Oleg. "Its mission is to break the stereotype and to show that art has no bounds. And it gives people unexpected joy."
"I use the sound graphs of the final notes of my performances when creating my art works. These sounds reflect the state of mind of an individual facing the dilemma: to keep playing music or to quit. It is an allegory of everyday life where people have to make choices under pressure. It first of all refers to new creative initiatives that face misunderstanding and often fall under attack at the start. They can only survive if the artist persists."
www.pianocrasher.com
Oleg Lapidus: olapidu@gmail.com 079 8465 2608
Press and Public Relations: Eugenie Absalom
eugenieabsalom@aol.com
079 0859 6072, 020 7370 0464
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Wasn't he an undercover snake-charmer in 'Octopussy'?
outofthegreenmist 10 months ago
BEST VERSION OF IT YET EVERYONE SUCKS THIS MAN IS EXCELENT
meeatyou13 1 year ago
I do love what you've done !!!
Excellent !!!
Tatane73 1 year ago
No pictures?
google 'mi6'. 220,000 images results, it's on googlemaps street view with user photos and it has it's own wiki page too!!
bit late to not allow pictures don't you think?
Anyone with an iPod could have shown those results to 'mr persuasion' in the vid. daft!
Darryld1 2 years ago
looool :D
neato!
xbellybonex 2 years ago
1. Nice hat
2. Nice playing
3. Oh, and nice hat :P
Waffl3Pr0ducti0ns 3 years ago