{"id":11178,"date":"2023-02-14T10:54:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T10:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/?p=11178"},"modified":"2023-02-08T15:55:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T15:55:00","slug":"new-release-marla-hlady-christof-migones-swan-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/?p=11178","title":{"rendered":"New release: Marla Hlady & Christof Migone\u2019s\u00a0\u201cSwan Song\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Continuing the celebration of Cr\u00f3nica’s twentieth year during 2023, we are proud to present the second release of the year, Marla Hlady & Christof Migone\u2019s monumental \u201cSwan Song<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two stills from a whisky distillery were retired on June 28, 2019 after serving for 12 years. They were removed through the roof by a crane and replaced by new ones. The swan neck portions of the old stills were then cut by master coppersmith Dennis McBain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The swan necks were used as part of a kinetic sound sculpture. Through each swan neck recordings made throughout the distillery were played: the Robbie Dhu Spring cairn where the source of water for the distillery flows, the cooperage floor where casks are being repaired, vats where barley goes through the various stages of germination, the bottling floor, the River Fiddich where the used water ends up, and a choir made up of staff working at William Grant & Sons (which houses Balvenie and Glenfiddich distilleries) in Dufftown, Scotland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each member of the makeshift choir contributed two short voice recordings, one of the highest pitched sound they could produce, and the other the lowest. They were asked to hold the sound for as long as possible. The resulting recordings were arranged according to how long they\u2019ve each been at their job and in relation to the age of the distillery (founded in 1886). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the sculpture, swirling around the swan necks are skeletal crane-like devices that trigger the playback of the recordings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the publication, the same recordings were used as a starting point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sounds are mashed together. They are treated kinetically. They are distilled acoustically. They are mangled mechanically.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Marla Hlady & Christof Migone\u00a0have long-standing individual artistic practices and started collaborating in 2015. Their joint projects combine pre-existing solo concerns and recurring strategies into works that accent site and sound space. They performed at Ftarri (Tokyo, Experimental Intermedia (NYC), Arraymusic and Electric Perfume (both in Toronto), and installed their\u00a0joint work at ArKO Museum (Seoul), Errant Bodies (Berlin), Glenfiddich Gallery (Scotland), Produit Rien (Montreal), and Christie Contemporary (Toronto).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSwan Song<\/a>\u201d is now available as a deluxe edition of a double CD with a 16-page booklet, and also available to stream and download from the usual channels. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Continuing the celebration of Cr\u00f3nica’s twentieth year during 2023, we are proud to present the second release of the year, Marla Hlady & Christof Migone\u2019s monumental \u201cSwan Song\u201d. Two stills from a whisky distillery were retired on June 28, 2019 after serving for 12 years. They were removed through the roof by a crane and … <\/p>\n

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