Laura Snapes and Jeremy Deller. On the floor, listening.
Jeremy Deller in conversation with Laura Snapes in the Wolfgang Tillmans; 2017 exhibition. In a room kitted out with equipment provided by Tillmans from his own Berlin gallery for ‘optimum listening’. An entertaining choice of music and it did sound really good despite its origins in a laptop. The room itself though was a reminder of how important the environment is to listening…harsh lighting, acoustic panels, institutional carpet…it felt like attending a seminar. Deller was aware of this and tried to change the atmosphere by asking people to sit on the floor and, unsuccessfully, asking that the lighting should be changed. Easy to link this to Tate Modern’s often bland display policy that can seem like the lowest common denominator rather than elegant simplicity.
Here is the playlist….each with a link to youtube.
The KLF – ‘Chill Out’…Deller played an excerpt from this.
Kraftwerk – ‘Autobahn’ (single version)
Sandy Denny – ‘Fotheringay’ or, alternatively, Fairport Convention – ‘Fotheringay’.
Freedom Singers – ‘We Shall Overcome’.
King Tubby, Augustus Pablo, Jacob Miller – ‘Baby I Love You So’.
Grace Jones – ‘Walking in the Rain’.
Led Zeppelin – ‘The Ocean’…edited to omit the jam at the end.
John Hopkins remix – ‘Disclosure’ by Magnets ft. Lorde.
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