Strange Desires (excerpts) (2014) by TrevorGrahl published on 2014-10-29T10:36:40Z Strange Desires is an interpretation of John Ashbery's poem Girls on the Run (1999) which itself is a poetic interpretation of the works of Henry Darger, a Chicago-based so-called "outsider artist" best known for his exhaustive illustrations of girls engaged in various bizarre activities and rituals. Here, the trio acts as a group of minstrels, telling stories, acting scenes, and playing music, and games, with text taken from various parts of the poem. This bizarre quasi-cabaret isn't ritual or narrative per say, but an attempt to give a glimpse into the strange world of Darger via Ashbery (and subsequently via myself and the trio). Under the different layers of distorted reality which emerge, one can (hopefully) catch a glimpse of something very real. Performers: 7090 - Bas Weigers, vln; Nora Multer, pno; Koen Kaptijn, tmb. Voice acting by Paul Morris Wienk. Recording: April, 2014, Chapelle Historique du Bon Pasteur, Montréal, QC. Presented in the series "Gaudeamus Montréal" by Innovations en Concert. Text excerpts taken from from John Ashbery's poem Girls on the Run, copyright © 1999 by John Ashbery. All rights reserved. Used by arrangement with Georges Borchardt, Inc. for the author. Genre Radioshow
