It was announced as sound painting. From the write up I did figure it was not the way Erik Satay (Tim O'Dwyer) would explain his version. This was actually creating both an abstract painting by AUSRA and as well as creating an improvised music composition by Randolf Arriola, both sharing the stage at Artistry.
At Saturday's event it was not really obvious to me whether the music was really stimulating the painter's inspiration. However it stimulated a strange remotely related thought for me!
Modern abstract visual art forms like painting and sculpture, I believe, are currently a bit of a controversial topic. A couple of headlines about a bursting art bubble caught my eye recently.
Tonight we saw a musician sharing the stage with a painter. I don't know if working for a bank for 14 years has polluted my imagination to lean towards money matters, but I started comparing the to art forms on how they create revenue for the artist.
A musicians creation is replicated over and over again which for the lucky ones generates a livable income where painters rely on their unique pieces to become valuable. One has to be reproduced and distributed widely to be successful while for the other reproduction is preferably avoided.
But on Saturday evening the only thing that was recorded were pencil and brush strokes on paper. The music, uniquely, was a one time only! After the last brush stroke had been eternalized the last notes disappeared into oblivion.
I think Randolf came to that same realization as he said he felt like he had been composing and regretted not recording it. I agree. The music WAS quite powerful, abstract and imaginative. So IS the painting!
As I mentioned I did not really observe an immediate connection between music and painter but the end result was quite nice.
A powerful image of earth tones in fresh paint ready to be sold and a composition buried in our memories never to be unearthed again.
If the concept worked then the painting is a result of both artists imagination. When the painting is sold will they share the proceeds? Going once
