Music For 6 Guitars

Ben Frost during his performance at the Rose Main Reading Room in NY public library. US premiere of Music for 6 Guitars
Ben Frost during his performance at the Rose Main Reading Room in NY public library. US premiere of Music for 6 Guitars

In the usually quiet Rose Main Reading Room in New York’s public library, Ben Frost took command of his console and crafted along with Tim Hecker, Shahzad Ismaily, Paul Corley, Sarah Lipstate, Sarah Register, Daniel Rejmer and a brass sextet waves of electronic noise that were sky high.

A sign, just outside the main reading room, read: Making unreasonable noise is not allowed at The New York Public Library!

By Kinan Faham

"the Silent Camera" was conceived in 2009 and was inspired by the music of Arvo Part especially his piece "Silentium". I perceive the modern world as oscillating between two extremes that are analogous to two of Arvo Part's pieces: "Perpetuum Mobile" represents the hustle and bustle of everyday life, the sea of people surrounding you, the noise in the streets, the deadlines, the challenges and the lessons to learn, the new technologies and risks facing our civilization, the musical pieces you learn [or fail to master],.. etc. "Silentium" represents the resolution of every musical note, every spoken word and every movement of your day. It is the moment that you are most likely to remember after the day's noise has settled and its turbulence has subsided. It is the moment that we all crave and the moment that will allow us to persist to the next day when the Perpetuum Mobile cycle starts again.

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