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ISB and the Visual
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Ein interessanter
Gesichtspunkt der Incredible String Band ist die Verknüpfung ihrer
Musik mit anderen künstlerischen Disziplinen. Die Band selbst hat
verschiedene Versuche unternommen, die Trennung der einzelnen
Disziplinen aufzulösen, die Grenzen traditioneller Vorstellungen
zu sprengen und in Richtung eines Gesamtkunstwerkes zu
arbeiten. Angefangen bei der Verwendung von eigenen Illustrationen bei
Plattencovern über die Einbeziehung von Gedichtvorträgen und
pantominischen wie getanzten Einlagen in Konzerten bis hin zur
Verwirklichung eines Films, in dem verschiedene Genres verwoben werden.
Ebenso interessant ist die Frage, ob und inwieweit die Musik der Gruppe
Einfluss auf andere Künste hatte bzw. noch hat.
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interesting subject is the connection of the string band’s music with
other
artistic disciplines. The band broke traditional boundaries to work
toward a
total experience integrating philosophy, music, dance, poetry and the
visual
arts. They used their own drawings and poems on album covers and
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pantomime, dance and audience participation at their concerts. |
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Unabhängige Bilder / Independent pictures
by band members |
Painting
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Bild von Robin
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Balmore Hoard
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Painting on guitar
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Bild von Robin
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Konzerten / Poetry readings
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The Head
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Wort und Bild
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1968
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Noah and the Dove
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Wort, Bild, Verkleidung
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1968
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Incantation
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Wort
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Woodstock 1969 |
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Gedicht, Tanz, Pantomime / Music, poetry, dance,
pantomime |
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"A Surreal Pantomime in Song and Dance"
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Live 1970 |
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Tanz, Bild in Konzerten / Pantomime, dance and visual
imagery |
Willow Pattern
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1971
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Pantomime Interlude
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1972
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El Ratto
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1972
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Giles Crocodiles
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Words, Music, Pantomime
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Concerts 1972-73
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| The Pirate And The Crystal Ball |
Musik, Tanz, Schauspiel |
1968 |
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angefertigte Kleidung / Handmade
Clothes |
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(Einbeziehung von Publikum in die Performance) / Audience participation
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| "Bell Ringing" |
Publikum wird auf Bühne geholt und betätigt
Percussion-Instrumente |
z.B. Fillmore East 1968 |
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Untermalung in Filmen / Soundtracks
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Dominoes
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A Rock-n-Roll Journey Through The 60´s, 60 min |
White Bird |
Hideous Kinky
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Movie |
Worlds They Rise And Fall |
Jersey Girl
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DVD, Movie, 2004 |
Worlds They Rise And Fall |
Taking Off
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Movie |
Air |
| Obscura |
by Rod Pitman, USA 2002
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with music of ISB
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| OZ 1969 |
16mm color,
three minutes, experimental film of the OZ
magazine |
with music of ISB |
| Time
For Thought |
1972, 35mm, 40
minutes |
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| No
Turning Back |
1974, 35mm,
100 minutes |
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| Roughnecks |
6-part drama series, BBC 1994-95 |
some ISB songs |
Summer Hours
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Movie, France 2008
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some ISB songs |
10. Verwendung
der Musik in ästhetischen Projekten / Use of songs in aesthetical
projects
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| "The Echoing Green" |
Part of the
Multi-Media-Project "Missed Encounters", presented at
http://www.sea-urchin.net/buggers/echoing.html |
by "The Buggers" |
"Winter Solstice"
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Open source 'ceremony' including "Water Song" and "Sleepers
Awake"
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by "Yoism Online"
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"Poetry And Jazz"
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"October Song", "This Moment", "Air" performed by Joe White
(guitar,
Teremin) as part of a Poetry and Jazz Night, Cafe Engel Helsinki,
13./22./27. 9. 2006
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by
"Finn-Brit Players"
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| HAVING FLASHBACKS? |
A
'60s Coffee House Cabaret (includes songs by the
ISB and others)
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by American Stage Theatre
Company |
| ''8 1/2 Solos for 8
Dancers'' |
Solo Dance performance to "Black Jack Davy", April 1985, El Taller Latino Americano, NY |
Rick Guimond & Friends |
| Mixed Media Show |
Mixed media show with soundtrack incl. ISB music for Ohio Department of Education (1973) |
Institute of Polar Studies |
| Dance Show |
Brown University Dance Group: "Evening of Dance", ProvidenceFeb. 1970 |
incl. You Get Brighter |
Multimedia Show
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About botany and ecology. August 1971, Ohio State University
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incl. ISB songs
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Inspiration für Visuelle Kunstwerke / Visual Art inspired by
the ISB |
1. Designs for a
cover for "Queen Juanita"
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Made
by pupils of a german school
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2. Illustrationen von
Songtexten / Illustrated song lyrics by other artists
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(internet, unkown)
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John
Hurford
Half Remarkable Question,
Black Indian Ink & Coloured Inks/Collage,
Commissioned by OZ for The Incredible String Band, 1968 |
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3.
Bilder
zur Band allgemein
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Mat Pringle
Zine Sketches 4 - The Incredible String Band
Print, 2010
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Woodcut
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4.
Inspiration
für
eigenständige Kunstwerke / Original art by other
artists inspired by the ISB
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Carol Summers
The
Incredible String Band
Undated Woodcut on mulberry paper
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Misha Bittleston
"Consummat"
Watercolor 1993
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Confused?
Digital picture by Chris
Wayan. 1996
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Here is a quote from
"Air" by Mike Heron of The Incredible String Band, that I was listening
to at around the time I made
this painting and that achieves in poetry and music what I was trying
to do
with visual poetry and color.
Breathing,
all creatures are,
Brighter then than brightest star, You are, by far, You come right
inside of me,
Close as you
can be, You kiss my blood, And my
blood kiss me. |
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A quote from Robin
Williamson of the Incredible String Band comforts me whenever I get
confused. In other words, usually. |
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Elaine Warwick Simpson
The Art of Dying 1
Mixed Media, 2005 |
Elaine Warwick Simpson
Banjo Player (Clive Palmer)
Acrylic, 2005 |
Elaine Warwick Simpson
Mike Heron
Pastel, 2004
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Warwick Simpson |
Elaine
Warwick Simpson |
Elaine
Warwick Simpson
Fairy
with Songbird
Acrylic,
2006
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Incredible String Band Painting
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Colin
Alexander
(both documented as painting process
on 'youtube')
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Licorice McKechnie Painting
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| Graffiti
by Dave and Geoff Hall:
Among their opus was “May the long time sun shine upon you”, from the
song by
the Incredible String Band (Railway Wall, South London, 1971) |
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