Wegman World

Blue Friday

On Monday we posted the music video that WW collobrated on, New Order's "Blue Monday". Below, he talks about what he remembers about making it:

About twenty years ago, Michael Shamberg (not the one that was involved with TVTV and later produced "Pulp Fiction", but the art world one, who was also involved with filming and producing) invited me and the fabled Robert Breer to collaborate on a video for New Order's song "Blue Monday". The rough idea was that I would shoot video of the group performing and give it to Robert to work with his animation process.  

I had just begun to work with my dog Fay who was about a year old at the time. Fay was obsessive about the tennis ball. Her eyes bulged in its presence. Some of the band members were Fay-like, I thought. (I'm not sure what I mean by that.) Nevertheless they got along well as I shot video of the group and Fay's hypnotic ball/pendulum involvement.  

I liked the song but I have no idea what our video means to it.

--WW

What do you think of the video? Tell us in the comments...

Blue Monday

In 1988 WW, along with artist Robert Breer, created a music video for New Order's song "Blue Monday". 

 

  

 

In 2008, WW created this photograph, entitled Blue Monday, Wednesday, Friday.

 

Recent Listening

Alban Berg's Wozzeck recently opened at the Metropolitan Opera.

   

 

Recent Listening

 

Recent Listening

 

Recent Listening

 

Recent Listening

 

Recent listening

Each Thursday we will be posting a recording of music that Bill has enjoyed in the last week.

 

 

Available here for purchase.

Giant Wall of Music

I absolutely love classical music. Lately I have been indulging in the spectralists: Tristan Murail and Gerard Grisey. They are 20th century French composers who emerged in the 1970's at IRCAM both having studied with Messein.  

from TristanMurail.com via Sonorous Objects // Imaginary Space

To me the music is quite freeing.

However...
When I'm listening to music while I work, especially when I paint, I have remember to reign in the feeling I get that I am a genius.

William Wegman, Curly Bach, 2010 (snapshot)

Some examples of how music can reach us:

1. Example of live music:  opera

2. Example of music on the radio:  broadcast from symphony hall

3. Example of a record:  Mozart, Jupiter Symphony, Otto Klemperor conducting the Philharmonic Orchestra

4. Example of a tape recording:  Mozart, Symphony #40, Colin Davis conducting the Dresden Staatskapelle

5. Example of a cd recording: Ochegehm Missa Prolationem, Hilliard Ensemble

6. Example of a mp3 download: Radulescu Intimate Rituals

My idea is to put them all together into one giant wall of music.

 

--WW