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Artist/Maker
Raven Chacon
(Navajo, born 1977)
Date2020
MediumLithograph
DimensionsSheet: 11 1/16 × 8 9/16 in. (28.1 × 21.7 cm)
Frame: 18 3/4 × 14 7/8 × 2 in. (47.6 × 37.8 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, The Edward W. Root Class of 1905 Memorial Art Purchase Fund
Object number2021.8.1.1
On view
DescriptionInstructions for performance by Raven Chacon: For Ange Loft For voice and two drums
(Hand drum and one floor drum, on stand if needed)
Position the floor drum in the center of the room or performance space.
Hold the hand drum in your left or right hand and beater in the other.
Perform 8 sound events consecutively with seamless transitions.
A sound event is composed (pre-composed or at the moment) by choosing:
1.) One hand drum position from the first set of symbols: (above front, above left, above right, above behind, side front, side left, side right, side behind)
2.) One voice quality from the second set of symbols: (low voice, wavering voice, steady droning voice, high voice)
3.) A body position in relation to the floor drum from the third set of symols: (in front of, to the left of, to the right of, behind)
A sound event is performed by alternating beating both drums with the beater (pendulum-like) while singing words of your choosing or vocables.
Oscillations caused by the drumbeat(s) affecting the voice, or by the voice influencing the tempo, are encouraged.
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Additional Details
Provenance
2021: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by purchase from Crow's Shadow Institute of the Arts.
Markings
Stamp: ochre Crow's Shadow Press chop on verso at lower left;
Stamp: ochre Printer's chop on verso at lower right.
Stamp: ochre Printer's chop on verso at lower right.
Signature
Signed on verso at lower right in pencil.
Inscribed
"FOR ANGE LOFT" at upper right in ochre ink;
"7/20" on verso at lower left in pencil;
"CSP20-103" on verso at lower left in pencil.
"7/20" on verso at lower left in pencil;
"CSP20-103" on verso at lower left in pencil.
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