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sincerely yours,
presented in the ruins of St Paul’s Church
Melaka Art & Performance Festival
22 ~ 24 November 2013
Melaka Malaysia.
http://www.melakafestival.com/
photos by: Chia Soo Chin, Simon Long, Lisa Anderson, AñA Wojak, Nikki Soo, Marina Batalha, MAP Fest.
Love Letter Project comes to Java with an interactive sensory installation.
Performance residue is enhanced by evocative smells & audience contributions.
Aromatic spices: cinnamon, cardamon, cloves, ginger, tumeric are piled high on handmade recycled paper
(bahasa text still peeking through in fragments of torn newspaper within its pages).
Stone bowls hold roses, chilli, brown sugar, vanilla bean & bitter medicinal bark.
The smells of Java… not unlike love: perfumed, spicy, sweet, fiery & bitter….
scents mingling in the hot humid air.
A writing table is installed opposite the performance residue/installation, and gallery visitors write their letters as the performance soundscape is played in the gallery throughout the exhibition.
In an ironic twist, the letters from Java were sent in a packet to Australia, only to be lost in the post… should they ever arrive from their unknown journey they will be added to the blog.
sincerely yours, adapts to the site, starting in the courtyard pool, before proceeding into the gallery.
some images from the performance on August 18 at BigCi.
Live original sound by Eve Klein ~ Textile Audio.
Photography by Jochen Spencer (with black frames) and Amanda James.
Additional photography by AñA Wojak & Yuri Bolotin.
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