A speculative arc, spanned with hints from different epochs of occidental music, with poetic and personally coloured texts that deal with the world (of art).
The texts, whose quality and liveliness are vouched for by John M Armleder, were written by mutating fictional characters and set to music and interpreted by the singer Claire Michel de Haas in exchange with the (heteronym) authors, or rather the author.
Parker Williams delivers a theatrical suite of sonic fragments, spoken texts and conceptual chansons, composed in collaboration with Claire Michel de Haas. The result is as elusive and layered as the edition itself—a disc that is as much visual object as it is auditory experience.
Clear transparent vinyl with 12 pages booklet.
Individual covers painted by John M Armleder (signed and numbered).
Limted edition of 225 numbered and signed copies.
Parker Williams and Fitzgerald Warth Fallsworthy are pseudonyms of John M Armleder.
Claire Michel de Haas is a Geneva-based singer and vocal performer whose practice traverses experimental music, contemporary opera, and voice-based composition. With a background in classical vocal training, she brings precision and vulnerability to collaborative sound projects, including her a cappella work on The Botanical Speedboat Experience Inevitable, and hybrid performance.
One of the most important and admired artists of the last decades of the 20th century and of the 21st, John M Armleder (born 1948 in Geneva) has created multiple and fertile bodies of work spanning all artistic disciplines, from his distinctive Furniture Sculptures to his
Fluxus performances within the
Écart collective, from his diverse painting series to his drawing practice, from his striking installations and wall paintings to his numerous works created in collaboration with artist friends.
