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Vito Acconci / New Humans: Disallow

Product information "Vito Acconci / New Humans: Disallow"

A1. Untitled Vito Acconci / New Humans, 2007 Recorded live by [...] at Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, Spring 2007

An unreleased live recording of a collaborative performance by Vito Acconci and New Humans that took place within the sculpture installation "Disassociate" by artist Mika Tajima at Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, in Spring 2007.

During this improved music performance with New Humans, Vito Acconci reads permutations of text from a set of seminal audio works he chose - recombining lines and phrases on the move against a shifting, acute and minimally deadpan sonic progression.

Text include "V.D. Lives / TV Must Die" (1978), "Now Do You Believe The Dirty Dogs Are Dead" (1978), "An Idea Of Storage At A Small Gallery In Downtown Chicago" (1979), "Cry Baby!" (1977).

B1. Sympathy For The Devil New Humans, 2007

A song stripped leaving only the minimal register of anonymous static noise. A shadow of itself it now the resembles the crackling prelude on a vinyl record. The cue is the replacement.

B2. Waiting Game New Humans, 2007

The anticipatory humming drone produced by a guitar amp becomes substance. The performance of the void, a lost reference.

Producing used Sunn Beta Lead head with Peavey 4x12 Cabinet and single coil American Fender Stratocaster.

The sound pieces on Side B were an ongoing sound element in the "Disassociate" installation in which the performances and recordings occurred. The pieces were playing during the Vito Acconci / New Humans recording and subsequently buried by the live performance.

Special thanks to Elizabeth Dee, Jenny Moore, Acconci Studio and C. Spencer Yeh

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