Vivienne Spiteri
What is there to say or know about Vivienne Spiteri
that her work has been termed ‘iconoclastic’
that her solo double compact disc has been described as ‘an enrichment of humanity’
that her solo work in studio takes to new heights Glenn Gould’s early experiments
that her anahata played to strong public acclaim in Europe and is considered by some to be the best music to have come out of France and of GRM in a long time
that her mesmerizing concerts transport and draw us deeply into the music
or
thatshewouldliketoseeAllartistsremuneratedforAlltheirWorkAllofthetime
thatshewouldliketolivelongenoughtowitnessthedissolutionof “art
councils”andtheirgrotesque“competitions”thatsheharboursahorrorofsoul- clampingcategorizationsmandatesinstitutionstitles…………
and that she does not suffer unwise fools gladly
or
that Art is her Poetry is her Air…
what does one say about Vivienne Spiteri
when words failed Shakespeare, he turned to music.
Music.
silence. air. space… and this other being, “time.”
Music
as sound is silence is as is time is space.
the unity
the
“Dance”
From a compilation by Benjamin Olivier [viii-03]
