Marikki Nyfors / And My Band Of Lonely Objects

AND MY BAND OF LONELY OBJECTS

A pride of lions, an army of ants, a school of fish and my band of lonely objects. As we play we make an epic collage of the perils of bounce houses, baffled objecthood, a series of attempts at belonging and of buoyancy. In lyrics I look for appearances of a heart and it appears the organ is the most majestic instrument.

‘Epic collage’ is a musical term and “epic collage artists are commonly defined by their ability to decontextualise recognisable samples (such as vocal stems) and provide them with a seemingly conflicting sonic backdrop which thusly results in a mashup (or mess-up) that strives to be greater than the sum of its parts”.* I am someone to whom they say ‘every time I see a slide I think of you’, and that seems quite decontextualised, and that seems quite a decent place of commencement.

In this easygoing tragedy, comedy haunts me and I like to play along.

*Adam Harper

Credits
Concept, performance & a lot of stuff: Marikki Nyfors
Visuals & Typography: Aymeric Duriez
Jingle: Conor Krane
Mentoring: Luanda Casella & Thomas Bîrzan
Technical assistance & co-hosting: Urtė Groblytė
Coaching with acting: Gina BeukFriends in process: Gabriel Marling Rideout, Sonja Aaltonen, Christine De Smedt, Daniel Cantero, Mira Maria Studer, Judith Dhondt, Géraldine Haas, Lorenzo Higueras

Special thanks to: Everyone and everything I am sampling

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