Popular Memories (excerpt)
Popular Memories (iPod format, 10Mb)
(N.B. The video images, based on the speech rhythms underlying the 3 pieces only appear at the end of the movie after the music has finished)
Popular Memories
2002
ensemble, soundtrack, video
9 min.
Popular Memories
These three short pieces are based on recordings made by the Centre for Popular Memory in Cape Town . The Centre builds on the strong sense of oral history often found in Africa by recording people's stories about the past and researching the ways in which these memories play a part in shaping individual and group identities. Besides the content of the stories I became increasingly fascinated with their musical aspects - the pacing, rhythms and inflections that communicate a great deal even if the meaning of the words is obscured.
2002
ensemble, soundtrack, video
9 min.
Popular Memories
These three short pieces are based on recordings made by the Centre for Popular Memory in Cape Town . The Centre builds on the strong sense of oral history often found in Africa by recording people's stories about the past and researching the ways in which these memories play a part in shaping individual and group identities. Besides the content of the stories I became increasingly fascinated with their musical aspects - the pacing, rhythms and inflections that communicate a great deal even if the meaning of the words is obscured.