Artist : FOURM / Shinkei / Luigi Turra
Title : Clean Forms
Genre : Electronic
Year : 2009
Date : 03/2010
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks : 03
Label : Dragon's Eye Recordings
Source : CDDA
Encoder : Lame 3.97
Length : 43:21 min
Size : 42,1 MB
Tracklist:
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01.FOURM - Seagram Series 10:05
(For Mark Rothko)
02.Shinkei - Nokori [For Ken Nakazawa] 14:46
03.Luigi Turra - Alluminium.Zinc 18:30
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43:21 min
Clean Forms - New soundworks by Luigi
Turra | Shinkei | FOURM
Minimalism, arising from the tide of
abstract expressionism of the early 20th
century, was one of the signal
developments in the art of the 1960Æs.
Rather than being a defined ômovementö
as such, minimalism became the fuel for
debate that surrounded a new kind of
abstraction for the post-war
generations. Arguments have prevailed
over the precise meaning of the word,
and some of the visual artists
associated with its original incarnation
in the early 60Æs firmly rejected it as
not being entirely prescriptive of their
work û most notably, and ironically one
of the movementÆs principle exponents,
Donald Judd. Overall, the works of the
minimalist artists sought out a
simplification of format and technique
that implied that the work harboured no
meaning beyond its material components
and the fact of its construction,
thereby studiously avoiding the
metaphysical claims of the artists of
previous generations. Minimalism in the
1960Æs became a new, and highly
controversial avant garde, producing
some of the finest, and most influential
artists of the mid 20th century.
The three artists here openly recognise
and acknowledge the profound influence
of early minimalism on the relatively
contemporary field of sound art. The
trio of Turra, Shinkei and Fourm have
all gained wider recognition for being
fundamentally ôminimalistö, or
ôreductionistö in their approach, often
producing epically austere pieces that
verge on near-silence, a nuanced
interaction of minute and discrete
elements that actively denigrate them as
musical works. Indeed, in the most
recent descriptions of their work, the
artists themselves often use
metaphorical language more readily
associated with the visual arts and
sculpture. With this in mind, the three
artists decided to make recordings
alluding to, and partially descriptive
of the minimalist artists that they
favour most, or have had the most
profound influence on their work and
imagination. It was decided that each
artist would make a sound piece, naming
it after a visual work, or an artist (or
both) that was highly significant to
each of them, translated into sound. We
present here the first wave of
recordings by each artist, in the hope
that it will simultaneously pay homage
to a great moment in contemporary art,
and also fuel its influence on the next
generation of minimalists.
BG NICHOLS | FOURM, August 2009
Limited to 250 copies.
Packaged in clear vinyl sleeve with
folded insert.
http://www.dragonseyerecordings.com/