Eon: Blurring lines on a small (time-) travel guitar

Andreas Aase

A simple reconfiguring of a mass-produced guitar results in an affordable and comfortable instrument that straddles the gap between the fiddle and the classical guitar. The instrument’s playability gives birth to a new set of eight guitar compositions with two main components throughout: Partly reworked versions of eclectic ideas from my youth decades ago, partly new melodies and improvisations inspired by Scandinavian traditions. A long-held desire for softer dividing lines and cross-bleed between disparate bodies of musical material is expressed in a process of composition, performance and recording that simultaneously redefines memory, dreams and connotations. The artistic results constitute the primary text and will be represented as videos and sound clips throughout. The written text leads up to, and/or comments on, the artistic issues tackled in the videos.

Notes and acknowledgements

An early version of this presentation was given in spoken-word form at Dokkhuset, Trondheim, in September 2018 - four days before I recorded the album - as part of an artistic research lecture series curated by the Norwegian University of Technology and Sciences (NTNU). Some of the videos have been posted earlier on social media. The music is to be found on the album “Eon”, available through streaming services.

Thank you:

Ingrid Eftedal, Lars Olav Berg, Truls Rønning, Svein Folkvord, Andreas Amundsen, Nils Olav Johansen, Bjørn Willadsen, Johannes Eick, Kim Ofstad, Rolf Hoff-Baltzersen, Ann-Jorid Klungervik, Ola Lorentzen Rød, Martin Kristoffersen, Derek Gripper, Greg Curda, Thomas Hellem & Camtimul, Tone Åse, Marianne Berglöf, Tyko Runesson, Ronny Wikmark, Juni Victoria Falck, Øyna, Kristoffer Hylland Skogheim, Jo Ranheim, Karl Klaseie, Roger Aspås, Arild Juul, Sven Østgaard, Laila Grendahl.

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