Long Pons Sorrow
Jemeel Moondoc in Long Sorrow (2005) by Anri Sala
Anri Sala presents “Long Pons Sorrow”
Wednesday 16th November 2022 @ 8pm
Pinault Collection – Bourse de Commerce
2, rue de Viarmes
75001 PARIS
The Bourse de Commerce is hosting a performance alongside Anri Sala’s film “Long Sorrow” (2005), with interspersed appearances by Hungarian-American saxophonist André Vida and the Berlin musical trio Zinc & Copper. Long Sorrow is a film in which free jazz saxophonist Jemeel Moondoc (1946-2021) engages in a lengthy improvisation, suspended from the 18th floor of an uninhabited apartment in a Berlin building. He is barely visible, but one can perceive the effort in his cheeks and the furrowing of his brows as they produce the notes of his music. For this occasion, Anri Sala has invited André Vida to improvise live as the film Long Sorrow is screened. As a musical bridge Zinc & Copper will play a new version Duane Pitre’s piece “Pons”.
Anri Sala “Time No More” (exhibition). Photo by Andrea Rossetti
Duane Pitre is an American experimental composer and musician. In 2021, he released the album Omniscient Voices, a conversation between piano and electronica, and an exploration of psycho-acoustic harmonies and rhythms. That same year, he composed the piece Pons (which means “bridge” in Latin) for the Berlin trio Zinc & Copper, an echo of the pons in our nervous system, which regulates our breathing, hearing, and deep sleep functions. Pitre’s piece leads our consciousness towards dreamlike states.
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