I was inspired to make a sound recording for the "What do I desire"
poem I wrote about Salome and Draupadi. I could imagine this perhaps
as a duet, two of us connected by a sheer sari that wraps and unwraps
and intertwines us. Note that I was fooling around with a shruti box
generator and couldn't record it too well, it doesn't sound like it
sounded coming directly from the generator, and the transitions are a
bit rougher, but I like the idea of it!
password: desire
And here I've overlaid one of the video projection improvisations that I was playing with and find that it could be related to the poem, though for a group piece, I like the duet idea better.
password: wonderful
Questions:
1. Are you more interested in the projection with live body here or in the reviews study "Maud and Me"?
2. Other ideas for enhancing the audio of this poem?
3. Is this piece related to the Maud Allan work we've been doing or is it too much of a tangent?
4. Any other thoughts?
password: desire
And here I've overlaid one of the video projection improvisations that I was playing with and find that it could be related to the poem, though for a group piece, I like the duet idea better.
password: wonderful
Questions:
1. Are you more interested in the projection with live body here or in the reviews study "Maud and Me"?
2. Other ideas for enhancing the audio of this poem?
3. Is this piece related to the Maud Allan work we've been doing or is it too much of a tangent?
4. Any other thoughts?
1. I definitely prefer the Maud and Me study!
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3. It brings the work more forcefully in relationship to Hindu mythology and Indian classical dance tradition, as well as centering the Biblical story more than Maud Allan seemed to (though it’s hard to know, since we don’t have footage of her actual work.) I don’t know that it’s a tangent, but it’s a different emphasis than the general Orientalism and sensual desire that we’ve been looking at. Here desire seems to resonate more as women’s agency than as sexual desire.
4. Even though I know the poem is written as alternating between Salome and Draupadi, for the sound recording I consistently hear the beginning as being about Salome and then switching to Draupadi starting with “You gamble with my life.” It seems to move from erotic fantasies about women’s bodies to the real difficulties faced by women.
I also really want to know the answer to your question: “What do I desire?”
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