Lament // Complainte (2023)
Composition performed alongside Ivan Lupi’s long durational performance ‘High Time’ and Nicolas Wollaston’s installation ‘Storming the Place’ at Stanmore Block, Christchurch.
ALL photos Heather Milne.
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LAMENT // COMPLAINTE
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The still, clear emptiness that immediately precedes the tidal waves of grief and mourning.
An arrested moment of time and memory - stillness before onslaught.
A sharp intake and cold stillness before a drop.
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I will sing four chords:
As strong as my breath can bare ;
As loud as my throat demands;
As clear as my chest will hold;
As long as my heart sees fit.