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Feldman and O’Hara’s “Three Voices”
Kayleigh Butcher is a founding member of former High Concept Labs Sponsored Artists Quince Contemporary Vocal Ensemble. They perform Morton Feldman’s Three Voices on Thursday, August 6 at HCL. Three Voices is a sublime piece that both mesmerizes and stupefies. The length, the tunings, the melismas, textures, the range, the relentlessness—it’s challenging in a way that … Continue reading
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THOUGHTS ON PHOTOS AS OBJECTS In art school I was forced to choose a concentration for my art practice. The idea of committing to the historical jargon of a medium was frustrating because I wasn’t interested in satisfying a craft. Images are exciting when they make the viewer question their experience, and force them to … Continue reading
The installation version of Natural Life, the project I’ve been working on while in residency at HCL, has just had its first preview at 2739 Edwin Gallery in Detroit! On the opening night we hosted a panel discussion about juvenile life-without-parole sentencing, which included Civil Rights lawyer, Deb LaBelle and Donald Logan, who was sentenced to life … Continue reading
Looking back at Jack Mayer’s footage from Exit Ghost’s first couple of weeks working at HCL, I’m a little bit struck by the nervousness in my voice when it starts to become clear that the song we were working on at the time (“Speaker”, what would become the first single off of Elston) needs to undergo … Continue reading
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