Artist: Sarah Hennies & Germaine Liu
Song: Sisters [excerpt]
Recorded at Sheppard West Station (Intersection Day 1: Music For Subways), August 29, 2019.
Sarah Hennies & Germaine Liu - Sisters [excerpt]A couple years back, Intersection made its first step into presenting creative sounds in unconventional environments. This sequel moved from the core to the end of the line, exchanging a jam-packed greenhouse for plenty elbow room in the city's newest subway stations. The night actually began at the old end of the line, in the long tunnel running above and parallel to the tracks at Sheppard West (née Downsview) Station. As with the whole night, this was an "impure" sonic environment by design — with the hum of trains below and the footfalls of passers-by punctuating the intensity of the overtone zone generated by dual vibraphones facing each other. Hennies' vibraphone work can be almost synaesthetically overwhelming, but with some space to breathe it was quite entrancing, encouraging closer listening as the pair slowly brought the volume level down, letting the sounds get lost in the background hum.
[Both Sarah Hennies and Germaine Liu will be presenting large-scale works at next week's X Avant Festival. On Sunday, October 20th, Hennies will be performing "The Reinvention of Romance" (an epic 90-minute work for cello and percussion) in Canada for the first time, while Liu will be debuting "Still Life", a 45-minute composition/sounding installation on Thursday, October 17th.]
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