Author: Yara Asmar
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A closer listen’s Joseph Sannicandro reviews ‘stuttering music’
“Asmar’s approach to the accordion is all the more enchanting as it is so far removed from the instrument’s stereotypical associations, none of the shuffling rhythms or sentimental melodies.”… “When Stuttering Music finally fades out, just flip the tape and begin again. ”
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The 3rd House
I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace. – Gaston Bachelard “As part of Berlin Art Week 2024, Galerie Noah Klink is delighted to present the exhibition The Houses Of The Serpent Bearer. The 3rd House, initiated by Pina Bendfeld. This show is an…
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Sounds of places//chimes
Commissioned by Wonder Cabinet. “Yara Asmar introduces wind chimes into Cremisan Valley. The work features a nest swing skirted by gigantic steel chimes that can be activated naturally or intentionally. The chimes can be played by the wind, people using bars, or people sitting in and moving the nest swing. While the chimes will interact…
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For the one who waits, life is often elsewhere
Sound piece for FRAC Corsica Fréquence FRAC “Yara Asmar combines fragments of aural diaries, field recordings, collected improvisations, and found tapes to conduct an abstract reflection on waiting and choosing to stay. By weaving these different sound materials, she manages to create a floating dimension fully conducive to mental drift.”
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To live by a body of water is to forget it exists
Exhibited at the Grigor Prlichev Cultural Center – Ohrid, Macedonia. Projection onto textiles, field recordings, music.
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L’orient today – An evening in the life of Beirut Art Center
“Asmar hesitates to call her work “experimental.” “It feels to me that a lot of people have experimented in the past for us to play this way today,” she reflects. “The first time someone called me an experimental musician … I felt a bit of a fraud, because … the people who came before really…
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معرض “تشابك ثقفي”… انعكاسات الحزن مع يارا الأسمر وروجيه مقبل
يارا الأسمر قدمت عملين في المعرض، الأول عبارة عن فيديو تجميعي بعنوان “حبيت أكتر لما عشنا على تلة المراجيح”. يقوم هذا العمل على سلسلة من المحادثات والحوارات بين ساعة مهملة وغراب عجوز، لا تجمعهما صداقة حقيقية، لكنهما يحتاجان بعضهما بعضا، فلقد كانا وحدهما في ذلك المكان الذي تبقى من مدينتهما المهجورة. أما العمل الثاني فهو…