Author: Yara Asmar
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Score for 3 adjacent rooms
Text-based chance compositions for three mechanical disc-playing music boxes, datamosh image transfers Exhibited at Abrons Arts Center as part of Screen Memories. SCREEN MEMORIES considers the experience of mass media in the Arab world for a generation of artists who grew up in the early 2000s, at the tail end of network television’s popularity. Using video and…
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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.