This piece is a constructed documentation of a live performance from 2024. At its heart is a poem written and recited by my mother, Anita Van Tellingen, around which the audio and imagery are assembled. All visuals use material from the Prelinger archive, as well as damaged personal family film reels.
The poem is about conflict, memory and loss. The piece is designed to reflect that, echoing ambiguous and ever-changing images that, like memories, never seem to resolve completely and ultimately dissolve away.
Live performance at the Re:Sound Migration event. Mare Island Shoreline Heritage Preserve, Vallejo, CA
https://soundcloud.com/joecantrell/live-at-resound-february-2015
Live performance at NIME 2016, Queensland, Australia. The piece uses obsolete and broken sound technology in feedback, controlled my MIDI messages via Max/MSP.
https://soundcloud.com/joecantrell/blackbox-loops-queensland-conservatory
This is a live performance from the Media Arts History Conference in Aalborg, Denmark in August of 2019.
https://soundcloud.com/joecantrell/live_in_aalborg