Photo by the artists 
Photo by the artists 
Photo by the artists 
Photo by the artists | Art is a concept by which we measure our pain (1979) |
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PULp Butlers Wharf, 1979 We experimented with fire and water to push and sculpt sound. We set several pianos alight as well as numerous battery-run objects to hear them spluttering into silence. We made paper horns that had reeds for the mouthpiece. We blew a note on them and lit them so that as the horn changed shape and size, the note changed. I also wrote words on large sheets of paper that I set alight so that I had to keep ahead of the fire until all was lost. To the accompaniment of the sounds of wires springing from a burning piano, one of these lyrics (acknowledgement to John Lennon) written by me and set on fire was : Art is a concept by which we measure our pain I’ll say it again Art is a concept by which we measure our pain I don’t believe in Duchamp I don’t believe in Beuys I don’t believe in Warhol I don’t believe in Cage Etc. "Cabaret Futura organized by Anne Bean and Hermine Demoriane: Paul Burwell’s drumming was positively inspired and Anne’s singing and moving with flaming firebrand against slide projections were extremely powerful." Time Out "Anne Bean and Paul Burwell put on an incredible show of pyrotechnics, preaching, pounding of drums and proclaiming." Performance Magazine Back to PULp main page. |