the intertwining -- the chasm

A publication comprising a book with enclosed compact disc of four improvisations by members of ELISION Ensemble, documenting the Lismore and Perth performances of Bar-do'i-thos-grol, and other collaborations ISBN 1 875792 29 9 72 pages Total timing 76:11 Released 1998

Introduction from the Book

Domenico de Clario is a non-interventionist artist; his work draws attention to `what already exists´. His mapping of a site is structured by a reading of the Hindu Chakra system, though the process is one less determined by subjective interpretation than by maintaining a gaze that is not fixed. This fluidity of approach finds its counterpoint in Liza Lim's work; her role was one of facilitating a state of `heightened attention´ in the musicians as the basis of the improvisations. She developed listening extercises emphasising the `internal life´ of the harmonics and rhythms of noises through which musicians could find ways of interacting with environmental sound.

The structure of this publication is appropriately open-ended including recorded excepts from the Tibetan Book of the Dead cycle, photographs, essays and catalogue notes. The catalogue notes comprise statements from the artists, instructions for the performers, diagrams and materials from a variety of sources which audience members used as tools to navigate through the conceptual, sounding and physical spaces of each work.

--Daryl BUCKLEY

the intertwining -- the chasm was launched on 9 July 1998, at the ELISION Ensemble performance Strange Customs at the Customs House, Brisbane

Contents of the Book

bardo: a response

jacinta le plastrier

the intertwining -- the chasm (the visible and the invisible)

domenico de clario and liza lim

afterward: from a tower

auburn uniting church, melbourne, 1994

bardo'i-thos-grol (the tibetan book of the dead)

midland railway workshops, perth, 1995

bardo'i-thos-grol

hillside auto dismantlers and summerland demolitions, lismore, 1994 (except)

the cauldron -- fusion of the 5 elements

institute of modern art, brisbane, 1996

list of works (1994-96)

acknowledgements

Publication design by Kelly BANNISTER, Michael SNELLING and the Artists. Published by and copyright © 1998 Institute of Modern Art. Material reproduced here with permission.

Bardo songs -- ELISION

invocation: intensely sad song to all protectors of religion

4:38, night 3 -- solar plexus chakra, Perth

song of compassion

11:10, night 4 -- heart chackra, Lismore

song invoking demons and devils; prayer to mgon po suppressing evil

23:59, night 5 -- throat chakra, Perth

mantra song concerning offerings

32:47, night 6 -- brow chakra, Perth

Timothy O'DWYER saxophone (track 1, 3, 4), Carl ROSMAN bass clarinet/voice (3, 4), Deborah KAYSER voice (2, 4), Andrew MUSCAT CLARKE voice (3, 4), Jennifer CURL viola (2), Rosanne HUNT violoncello (2, 4), Chris LOCKHART-SMITH violoncello (4, 4)

Songs improvised by ELISION; musical direction Liza LIM; sound engineering Jim ATKINS (Perth) and Michael HEWES (Lismore)

The Institute of Modern Art acknowledges the support of its major sponsor The Arts Office and the further support of the Visual Arts/Craft Fund of the Australia Council, the Commonwealth of Australia's arts funding and advisory body. ELISION Ensemble acknowledges support of the Music Fund of the Australia Council, and of the The University of Queensland.