- 1Actual Feelings (Theme I)
- 2Actual Feelings (Theme II)
- 3Actual Feelings (Theme III)
- 4Actual Feelings (Theme IV)
- 5Actual Feelings (Theme V)
- 6Actual Feelings (Theme VI)
- 7Actual Feelings (Theme VII)
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A’actual F’feelings
by Stefa Govaart
1 Gather your breath, 2 position your tongue, 3 tense your vocal chords and 4 make a sound.
The moment you sound, go back, begin again. Situated in the conflict that you sing, be yourself part of the actual that you recognize as conflictual. You ought to want to go back. Being on the edge of falling apart, re-vocalize ad infinitum. Take on the excess that is you. Declare your inauthenticity, be in need, lean into a life full of mistakes. Without achieving self-knowledge, work on the real artifice of “a’actual f’feelings”.
With the seven sound scores Actual Feelings, PRICE continues an interest in approaching feelings as materials for construction, edifice and hyperbole, as opposed to (pre)given neutrality. Aurally praising the condition of the voice as messed up with other voices, Actual Feelings produces the charge of “voice”, oftentimes eclipsing “a” voice. The seven ten-minute cycles— overdubbed vocals of the two-word title of the work—are based on material provided by seven performers who recorded their voices on their own terms in their private settings during pandemic times. Working with an emotional chart––a round image with categorically organized... more
credits
released November 20, 2022
Voices: Cecile Believe, Bonnie Banane, Ivan Cheng, Thibault Lac, Bully Fae Collins, Cassie Augusta Johnnysdottir, PRICE
Composition & Production: Tobias Koch, MODULAW
Mixing: Tobias Koch, MODULAW
Mastering: Enyang Urbiks
Artwork: Hannah Rose Stewart
Text: Stefa Govaart
1 Gather your breath, 2 position your tongue, 3 tense your vocal chords and 4 make a sound.
The moment you sound, go back, begin again. Situated in the conflict that you sing, be yourself part of the actual that you recognize as conflictual. You ought to want to go back. Being on the edge of falling apart, re-vocalize ad infinitum. Take on the excess that is you. Declare your inauthenticity, be in need, lean into a life full of mistakes. Without achieving self-knowledge, work on the real artifice of “a’actual f’feelings”.
With the seven sound scores Actual Feelings, PRICE continues an interest in approaching feelings as materials for construction, edifice and hyperbole, as opposed to (pre)given neutrality. Aurally praising the condition of the voice as messed up with other voices, Actual Feelings produces the charge of “voice”, oftentimes eclipsing “a” voice. The seven ten-minute cycles— overdubbed vocals of the two-word title of the work—are based on material provided by seven performers who recorded their voices on their own terms in their private settings during pandemic times. Working with an emotional chart––a round image with categorically organized... more
credits
released November 20, 2022
Voices: Cecile Believe, Bonnie Banane, Ivan Cheng, Thibault Lac, Bully Fae Collins, Cassie Augusta Johnnysdottir, PRICE
Composition & Production: Tobias Koch, MODULAW
Mixing: Tobias Koch, MODULAW
Mastering: Enyang Urbiks
Artwork: Hannah Rose Stewart
Text: Stefa Govaart
