WASTED
The performance took place at the midpoint of the exhibition:
NAMING RIGHTS AT THOMAS DANE GALLERY
13 September 2017
Thomas Dane Gallery
11 Duke Street St James’s
London SW1Y 6BN
Instructions:
The music is loosely based on Camper Van Beethoven’s cover of the song Wasted by The Circle Jerks, (lyrics below) which was chosen because it related to the theme of the exhibition: How the artist’s life is evident in the artwork.
Performers:
Laurie Anderson, Music Director, conducting, viola
Jason Dungan, clarinet
Dustin Ericksen, voice
Damian Griffiths, guitar
Felicity Hammond, voice
Paul Hookham, drums
Lee Johnson, bass guitar
Julian King, guitar
Gary McDonald, guitar
Carolina Ongaro, voice
Sam Porritt, electric piano
Philip Serfaty, voice and guitar
Jue Sota, pvc tube
Jan Hamilton Sota, fiddle
Jameela Yaghoob, voice
WASTED Performance
Section one – solos
The players form a circle on the outer edges of the largest room of the gallery. Viewers are able to enter and leave the circle of players comfortably. Each musician plays a phrase from the song as a solo with a simple, dry, minimal sound. Singers sing a verse.
Performers are encouraged to diverge from the music and improvise if they would like to. The conductor will indicate when to play and help to keep in time.
[There will then be a 10-15 sec pause before the next section which is part of the performance]
Section two – performance of “Wasted”
Everyone plays the solo together (no vocals)
Verse 1
I was a surfer
I had a skateboard
I was so heavy and I lived on the strand
I was a dumb shit
And I was a fuck-up
I was so napped out I was out of my head
I was so wasted
Verse 2
I was a hippie
And I was a burn-out
I was so wasted I was out of my head
I was a punker
I had a mohawk
I was so gnarly and I drove my dad’s car
I was so wasted
Everyone plays/sings the solo, ending with an extra, quicker “ I was so wasted”
©Greg Ginn & Keith Morris 1979
Section three – drone
Players disperse through the other four rooms of the gallery moving as independently as possible with their instruments. Drone plays for ca. 10mins. There is then 5 mins of solo drone after which performers sporadically improvise/interject on their own accord. Though the intensity of the music can build, the music should not get louder.