Artur Zmijewski, Singing Lesson 2, 2003.
This documentary video speaks about the communication of the deaf and of the hearing and the language of the conductor to his choir. A class of deaf students are filmed as they participate in a singing lesson, then filmed again in a church with orchestra and trained singer. There are layers formed sonically through the string instruments, the woman's voice, and the sounds and noise of the deaf children singing. The sound created by the deaf students is the abstraction against what we know/understand as choir music in a church. The footage was moving; I watched it twice.
The Book Collection on View included
Those who have had the opportunity to meet and know m.m. lum may understand the sentiment I feel regarding the final results of psychoanalytic treatment. Those who have had been able to view the book understand it is book made up of other books, the literary material visually recrafted page by page.
im always quite happy to return to chicago. this exhibition was unexpected and a wonderful surprise (im not one to remember to check the museum listing calendars). today truly has been a good day. there are three more days left.
