Alessandro Bosetti
African Feedback
Through a process of listening and speaking, African Feedback documents an exchange between artist Alessandro Bosetti and residents of villages throughout West Africa. Playing music by various experimental and avant-garde composers to people met in villages, Bosetti records their responses, asking them what they are hearing, and how they relate to the music and sounds. Composing their responses, with field recordings made throughout his travels, African Feedback is a musical portrait of cultural translations, misunderstandings, different voices and languages. Including an audio CD and the transcriptions of the listening sessions, along with an introduction by the artist, African Feedback is a beautiful and beguiling work cutting across the ongoing questions of cultural difference.
Recorded in November 2004 in the Dogon country, Mali and the provinces of Yako and Ougadougou, in Burkina Faso. Composed in Berlin and Paris, January to August, 2005.
Through a process of listening and speaking, African Feedback documents an exchange between artist Alessandro Bosetti and residents of villages throughout West Africa. Playing music by various experimental and avant-garde composers to people met in villages, Bosetti records their responses, asking them what they are hearing, and how they relate to the music and sounds.
Printed by Gauvin Press, Canada. Premiered on Deutschland Radio Kultur on March 17th, 2006.
Supported by La Muse en Circuit.
CD includes a 64 page book with interviews, commentary and black & white photographs.
