Event

Art | Song Salon

"It's all mirror, mirror on the wall because beauty is power the same way money is power the same way a gun is power."
Chuck Palahniuk, from Invisible Monsters

Power: It is something that is strived for, to be attained, and all too often-- abused. It often separates the haves from the haves nots, and sometimes determines who lives and who dies.

On Thursday night, November 20th, Art | Song Salon is excited to present Constantine Zlatev, an internationally acclaimed installation artist, for a one-night only discussion of his "The Last Gun" installation.

"The Last Gun" is a mechano-robotic flute built out of a disabled shotgun and salvaged industrial components that is connected to compressed air and data that charts, then musically depicts the rise & fall of annual U.S. arms exports. The flute's aural response is based upon a value judgment. See more: http://www.madeinconstantine.com/317550/1331709/installations/the-last-gun

To inspire our discussion of power and its consequences, Jessica Wan, soprano, and Tim Eischens, piano, will present songs by Mozart, Schubert, and Strauss that look at power from a variety of perspectives: tragic, seemingly lighthearted, and reflective.