massa confusa
by
Jeff Dawson and the Cosmic Primagenus

2003.07.11

myron campbell
jeff dawson
iwona erskine-kelly
nadine lessio

From the original leaflet:

"massa confusa is Latin for 'confused mass' (literal) - or, the undifferentiated state of chaos - and more specifically that state before which creation existed.

this performance is an exposition on beauty through chaos - the beauty of noise, that pierces the ear and the the heart, which washes over the soul and bathes you in sense-stimulus."

This performance was a part of a small series done during the summer of 2003 at the Banff Centre for the Arts.

It is also one of my performances of which I am most proud. It was directly inspired by the works of noise artists like Merzbow and Toronto's own Knurl, to name a few.

In it I played various pieces of amplified metal channeled through various sound effects (mostly distortion), with some vocals as well. Myron did all the visuals, hand drawn and digital. Iwona ran the video camera, and Nadine took lotsa photos.

Full video can be seen at: http://vimeo.com/5640262 (or the above Track Video link).

massa confusa

Audio feed from Groteque Body Project, a performance art event by Veronique Emond with Jeff Dawson, done at the Banff Centre for the Arts, 2004.

In this piece I was supporting audio for Veronique's live performance. You can hear her voice in the background at various times. I played amplified hand drum and cornet run through various effects.

Note: there are large passages of quiet in this piece.

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