LIFE - fluid , invisible , inaudible … 又名:音乐X视觉概念作品集
此活动是去年3月坂本龍一和高谷史郎合作的一项关于影、音、空间全方位立体音乐LIFE作品 观者置身其内 空间上方整齐排列着若干水箱似物体 内附光影设计随音乐律动 从而形成区别于其他区位 体现自身区位特性等 具有良好视觉效果的空间环境

本片记录了坂本龙一与多年合作伙伴高谷史郎合作的设置音乐展2 IS YOUR TIME的过程。

A dreamer sits by the grave of a deceased woman and loses all sense of time. Only when she turns into a white lily does he realise a hundred years have passed. Inspired by the surreal first story from Soseki Natsume’s collection of short stories Yume jūya (‘Ten Nights of Dreams’) from 1908, the composer and Holland Festival associate artist Ryuichi Sakamoto teamed up with director and visual artist Shiro Takatani to make a dreamlike opera. Taking inspiration from a Mugen Noh – traditional Japanese dance theatre with magical elements – Sakamoto explores the phenomenon of time and the relationship between humankind and nature. Against a dreamlike backdrop that seems to go on forever, the dancer Min Tanaka portrays ‘humanity’, and shō player Mayumi Miyata represents ‘nature’ through movement and sound/music. Sakamoto: ‘We live and we die. And after we die, our body becomes part of the next being. This is samsara itself, the life circle of life on earth. In dreams, those temporal structures are not linear. Everything is condensed’.

The full DVD of the (already sold out!!!) UTP_ concert. Of course it includes the very interesting, roughly 40 minute long making-of/behind-the-scene featurette 'Try Out'. In a well-presented way it documents the creation, planning, writing, rehearsing, and organising of the event that took place for the 400th anniversary of the city of Mannheim.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. For fans of modern classical, glitch electronica, avantgarde music, or simply very interesting (almost educational) musical work.
If you do happen to run into a piece of this, on ebay or wherever, i recommend you still grabbing it, if you liked it. as it comes with gorgeous packaging, the COMPLETE sheet music, an additional booklet, and another CD with a recording of the concert.
This is how great work is presented. enjoy.