Ellen Fullman on Playing the Long String Instrument at Artists Space | Frieze New York 2024
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2024
- “Like floating, or flying, or surfing” is how Ellen Fullman describes playing the Long String Instrument, in this video that captures rare performances at Tribeca’s Artists Space during Frieze New York 2024.
Fullman has been developing the work-which she calls an “installation”-since 1980. The Long String Instrument stretches wires across whole rooms, effectively turning each space in which it is installed into a resonator with its own unique aural qualities and quirks. Fullman plays the instrument with her hands, moving among the strings, feeling her way, navigating each one-off composition.
Fullman says she “grew up excited by music,” and in the video she explains her influences-from the sounds of Memphis, where she was born in the heyday of rock ’n’ roll and R&B, to the music of the avant-garde-as well as the sonic complexities of her creation, which are indebted to non-Western musical forms and the irregular harmonics found in nature.
“This has been my music school,” says Fullman of her work. “I am the right person to play this instrument.”
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Lovely, thanks for this. I actually enjoyed hearing the way she explains her work. Will go and see her perform if I get the chance
Lets hear it unprocessed, amplified but without the added harmony.
Google it, I guess? You can easily find recordings of solo performances. She's been doing this since the 80s and has collaborated with various people. This most recent collaboration happens to be with an electronic musician.
Would have been interesting to hear this unique instrument. All I can hear is someone talking.
Show. Don’t tell.