Eiko Ishibashi, Jim O'Rourke / Lifetime of a Flower
2022年にドイツのドルトムントにあるオストヴァル美術館(Museum Ostwall)にて開催された「Flowers in 20th and 21st Century Art」展のために、石橋英子とジム・オルークが制作したインスタレーション作品「Lifetime of a Flower」のサウンドトラック!!! 日本の自宅の庭に種を植え、植物が成長する様子を撮影したものを、展覧会期間中の来場者は、その有機的なプロセスを音で表現した楽曲を聴きながら、ストリーミング配信でリアルタイム視聴することができるという、一定の基準を設けながらも、そのプロセスそのものは制御不能に成長させた作品。こちらのアナログLP盤に収められた音源は、様々な音やメロディー、リズムや日常生活音が、空想走馬灯的に駆け巡るメタ・ミュージックコンクレートみたいな内容です! Lifetime of a Flower Eiko Ishibashi / Jim O'Rourke Eiko Ishibashi and Jim O'Rourke created the installation Lifetime of a Flower for the Dortmund exhibition Flowers in 20th and 21st Century Art. In it they set parameters, but allowed the process itself to literally grow uncontrollably: they planted seeds in the garden of their Japanese house and filmed as the plants grew for the duration of the exhibition. Visitors were able to watch the stream in real time, while listening to a composition that reflected the organic process in sound. This eponymous recording, now available on LP, is an enigmatic and sophisticated layering of sounds, melodies and rhythms, noises from everyday life, all of which are repositories of associations, memories and expectations. (Week–End Records) Side A Lifetime of a Flower (I) Side B Lifetime of a Flower (II) All music was composed by Eiko Ishibashi and Jim O'Rourke for the video exhibition/installation "Lifetime of a Flower" at Loudspeaker/Museum Ostwall at Dortmunder U, Dortmund, Germany, April 30th to September 25th 2022. Project idea and realization by Jan Lankisch. Additional editing by Jim O'Rourke. Mastering by Jörg Burger. Gema. Special thanks to Julian Klein for the tech setup. Illustration by Sharmila Banerjee. Design by Sonja Knoblauch. Format:LP Label:Week-End (GER)