Sensorisk lighedsværn

E.O.M. & Alexander Holm: »A Limb Between Two Greens«

E.O.M. og Alexander Holm: »A Limb Between Two Greens«. © Sensorisk Verden

På det digitale cover ses et fotografi af en snegl, en pind og nogle sten. Fotografiet er indrammet af tynde, hvide streger – kruseduller i samme snoede form som sneglehuset samt fine, enkle linjer, der godt kunne ligne græsstrå – og belagt med et køligt, malakitgrønt filter. Ved første øjekast kan det være svært at se, hvor fotografiet slutter og tegningen begynder.

A Limb Between Two Greens er et samarbejde mellem det sfæriske folkprojekt E.O.M. og lydkollagekunstneren Alexander Holm. Og som med coveret er det svært at skelne Holms stærkt manipulerede reallyde fra E.O.M.s elektroakustiske instrumentering. Det er lighedsværn som kunstnerisk strategi, og resultatet er de mest spændende og rigt teksturerede lydbilleder, jeg længe har hørt.

Det er smukt, men nærmer sig også til tider den famøse ‘uncanny valley’, hvor sammensmeltningen af teknologi og natur føles ildevarslende og fremmedgørende i sin hyperrealisme. Ikke at værket bliver mindre spændende af den grund: tværtimod!

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Bill Frisell. © Carole D'Inverno

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