Freedom - a multimedia performance and installation
"Freedom" is one movement from Craig Harris' keyboard suite GONE, which is an exploration of the emotional terrain that accompanies loss. This video represents a collaboration with artist Candy Kuehn, who created the imagery. The suite is comprised of 11 movements: Passing, Release, Nostalgia, Loss, Emptiness, Gratitude, Regret, Longing, Guilt, Freedom, and Earth and Sky. This is a video version of the work with imagery by Candy Kuehn.
Freedom - from GONE, a multimedia performance & installation
The loss of a loved one is accompanied by intense emotional upheaval, filled with complex feelings and memories.
GONE is a multimedia suite that portrays emotional states that inhabit this terrain. The music is composed and performed by Craig R Harris (Interference Arts), who collaborated with visual artist Candy Kuehn to create videos and visual materials that are designed to project into one of their signature multimedia performance environments, either as standalone installations, or with live music performance.
Freedom is the tenth movement from Craig Harris' keyboard suite GONE, which is an exploration of the emotional terrain that accompanies loss. This is a bittersweet representation of Freedom – our loved one’s freedom; our freedom. Freedom to move one; freedom to experience their lives, presence, passing, and absence in different ways.
The suite is comprised of 10 movements composed for solo keyboard: Passing, Release, Nostalgia, Loss, Emptiness, Gratitude, Regret, Longing, Guilt, and Freedom. The suite also includes Earth and Sky, a multi-channel audio soundscape postlude that accompanies performances if the technology is available.
The music for GONE was originally composed in 2017 for dance-theater company Off-Leash Area’s production “Dancing on the Belly of the Beast,” a show about adult orphan-hood. Craig developed a solo piano version based on the music for a scene in that show entitled “Emotion Gallery,” and premiered GONE for a concert at Owatonna Art Center in September 2018, accompanied by Candy’s imagery. Craig and Candy further developed the multimedia version of GONE since that initial performance to create a more flexible, integrated and immersive experience to share with their audiences.
