6pm: Artist Performance
On-Screen exhibiting artists perform A Concert Reading. Using music text, and visual images, they will present excerpts from a range of projects that remix narratives from popular films, video games, and literature.
The performance at first was entertaining and mysterious at the same time. Mendi was singing (sounded like Blues/ Soul music), while Keith was playing some beats through a small machine with multiple buttons and wires and there was an image of a computerized tree with abstract shapes as the leaves and grass and the sun and clouds. It was very interesting! Prior to this, she had passed out a quiz asking questions such as, "If there was any personal information that you were forced to give out...what would it be? Your credit card number, social security number or email address?" The two things didn't seem to have any relation, but soon after passing out the quizzes she started the performance, through which she narrated the story of three girls that were struck by lightning and had ended-up in a land called electric town...where everything was new and the trees glowed and the leaves were like light bulbs...this was the image that was projected on the screen while she narrated the story. The way she narrated was moving, her voice was deep and intimate & she really drove emotion through the words in the piece...there seemed to be hints of racial issues in her piece, but it seemed unclear. Her final performance just had certain lines of racial issues and she said some of the words using just the end vowels and syllables and then restated them with the full words...it created rhythm and helped a beat flow through; she would also tap on her chest to create certain beats and rhythm as well. I wish she explained her pieces further, because even though they were interesting and thought provoking, I left the show still confused and puzzled as to what her purpose for performing the way she did was. I feel like her performance would make a great Audio track to listen to though, especially with the various beats and background music that Keith created to compliment her soulful voice.
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