PERFORMANCE: Alessandra Novaga / Simon Fisher Turner with Sebastian Sharples
“I spent almost two years immersed in his world, I read everything he wrote, I saw everything he shot, and slowly the idea of translating all this into music sprouted within me. It was a very slow process, many ideas were sacrificed because I felt the need for a clean, stripped, meaningful and above all evocative result. I eliminated all the parts that felt too descriptive. I visited Prospect Cottage, walked around his house and recorded my steps — and I hear those steps, I feel I am there walking; I feel his presence.” (Alessandra Novaga)
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“Derek’s role in my life was like a teacher without teaching. He’s constantly on my mind. He was wise and curious, instilling in me a sort of bravery. He used to talk about things I’d never heard of: Yves Klein, Caravaggio. I had no idea who these people were. He was capable of so much and made incredible images. He could do a narrative film like Edward II and then do The Last of England (1987) or The Garden (1990), which don’t have a normal structure. And then you have Blue, which is not so much a story, but observations about life and death and love in this frame, this void, of Yves Klein Blue: nothing and everything.” (Simon Fisher Turner)
Simon Fisher Turner geeft een extra soloconcert na de voorstelling van The Garden op donderdag 3 april, 22u00 in ARCA.