Oh wow what a week for artsy things. On Wednesday I went to the So Percussion workshop pizza party on Art Street to see what this was all about. For the most part Liz and I sat outside in the chilly weather while So jammed and improvised their new music. 3 dancers from the DCDC also came to improvise what they heard into some sort of dance. The dancers really added to the music in my opinion. My personal favorite was the girl in the turtleneck and big jeans. She looked as if she should be in an old school hip-hop video and she always had a smile on her face while dancing. When So Percussion played their music here, they described a floor plan of a house so I tried to in vision what music could be in what room. I got a bedroom and a kitchen (the kitchen was easier because the dancers looked like they were cooking). That is how I perceived what they were messing around with. If it weren’t freezing cold, I would have stayed for longer.
Thursday was extreme art day. I woke up, went to English, listened to 2 guys from So Percussion talk about who they are and what they do. One of them started talking about the phenomenon when you’re driving and your turn signal is on as well as the car in front of you and the 2 blinkers are opposite then slowly matches up then get off from each other again. I think and look for things like this ALL THE TIME so I was extremely pleased when he brought it up. He also brought up a few good points about what we perceive as art and why aren’t the little things in life considered an art (i.e. trash).
After So Percussion I went to listen to local Cincinnati artist Matthew Daylor talk about his new art exhibit Into the Village. He was born in Hamilton Ontario and later moved to Toronto. You can see his background in underground club life and graffiti in his current works. I really like his art. It is a mixture of screen-printing paint and graffiti. If you want to see his current work it is in the Rike Gallery.
To end a day of art after classes I went to see So Percussion again play at KU. This was much different than what I saw on Wednesday and honestly I preferred it. Although some of the bells were hurting my ears they did some really cool things (i.e. play on a cactus and they had these tubes to blow which would play long notes). Some of their songs got a little long but I really enjoyed the Mallet Quartet. I’ve always loved the sound of xylophones and they created the coolest of sounds with the instruments they played and their music led you on a journey.
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