Friday, November 16, 2007

Son/Lumiere 2


On Thursday, September 13 Altered (i) Collaborated with Son/Lumiere at The Gladstone Hotel by producing an 11 piece abstract art installation. The creative concept originally started as a digital design piece done by Marius Budu which spread throughout each individual panel. The panels were then painted in multiple styles of wax, oil and acrylic mediums while allowing the overall shape and texture of the work to shine. The piece pulled together mixed talents and artists including Hanna Kunysz, Alicja Grabarczyk, and Mitchell F. Chan , in order to reflect the collaborative performances, visual movement and progressive music of Son/Lumiere.


Son/Lumiere (French, lit. "sound and light"), describes a conceptual live event initiated by band Holoscene to bring music and artists together in an overall progressive rock experience. Also described as "a curated music and art experience created by the sounds and lights of Toronto’s experimental musicians and artists, with projections, photography, light-shows and paintings to accompany live post-rock /ambient /experimental bands and DJ’s." Each creative element complimented the next, including a live video production by VJ Theo Buchinskas who reflected the music in an array of colour scenes and silhouettes.

The band Epigram started off the night in an uplifting set that grew into the bright spectacle that continued to intensify over the course of the night. Ragni performed with a string quartet which added to an impressive harmony. Ragni also played over an illustrated backdrop which featured a unique comic story component to their album. Nadja consisting of two guitarists Aidan Baker and Leah Buckareff who played with classical quality and incorporated diverse effects for their super-enhanced atmospheric melodies. Holscene played an epic and uplifting set which was a perfect demonstration for a long awaited headliner performance . The night closed with the pure virtuosity and improvisation of genius duo Still Coiled who performed with absolute integrity, where Brillant Fish’s vocal power responded to the range of Jim Field's guitar.

Here we learned that the mesh of diverse talents can transcend the age of individual creative control, to lean into a more powerful collective energy. Each artist contributed their personal expression to add to the overall composition of the event which produced a greater creative impact. The end result was the greater perspective in the experience of art and music, of sound and light, which was generated in the movement for inspiration and influence.

Related Links:
Son/Lumiere
http://www.myspace.com/sonlumiere

Epigram
http://www.myspace.com/epigramband

Ragni
http://www.myspace.com/ragnimusic

Holoscene
http://www.myspace.com/holosceneband

Nadja
http://www.netrover.com/~amizen/nadja.htm

Still Coiled
http://radio3.cbc.ca/bands/STILL-COILED


VJ Theo Buchinskas: (Light show/Visuals)
http://www.myspace.com/theorocks

Nick Fox-Grieg: (Filmic)
http://www.fox-gieg.com/

Visual Artists:
Marius Budu
http://www.visions.mariusbudu.com/

Mitchell F. Chan
http://www.mitchellfchan.com/