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SKY a subgroup of GADOT (inc)
Southern
Kaitiaki and You
www.sky.org.nz
Sky Gazing (skygazing) for Wellington,
New Zealand,
and the World
- inspired by the light and dark of the
southern sky.
Atmospheric images for everyone.
read more ENTER here
a
website by paul moss - May 2009
old sky website here
Paul Moss Bio Here
The
BEST sky pictures in New Zealand are
posted each week
at METVUW dot com
www.metvuw.com
'STARS' performance Auckland New Zealand
June 4th at Galatos 10am runs 24hours.
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Stars performance preview at Gus Fisher Gallery
STARS - A 24hr music composition by Warwick Blair, with multi-screen video by Paul Moss
Music by musician Warwick Blair and Visuals by astronomer and video artist Paul Moss. Stars is inspired by the Indian concept anoraniyan mahatomahiyan which proposes an intertwined relationship between the cosmos and the human body.
Stars is a meditative/ambient work for Indian female singer & computer backing with a view of the stars/heavens. The Galatos event is performed with live singer, and this version of the project has been realised with pre-recorded video by astronomer Paul Moss.
Each day is a 24 hour work divided into 8 sections of 3 hours each (called praharas) that correspond to the Gandharva Veda time theory (called samaya chakra) where specific qualities of music are applied to specific times of the day thus establishing a harmonious resonance and ultimately creating peace/health for the individual, society and the environment.
The work is by composer Warwick Blair and references a poem from a previous work in 1985 called Evening (by Staff) which refers to the Indian concept that the cosmos is in the body: anoraniyan mahatomahiyan.
I lie in a boat
In the evening stillness
Stars above me
Stars below me
And stars within me
In the late 1980s, Composer Warwick Blair was described as 'one of New Zealand's most original musical thinkers' (NZ Herald) and the 'enfant terrible of New Zealand Music' (NZ Listener). His first trip to Europe in 1987 was to perform at the Huddersfield
Contemporary Music Festival with legendary Greek polymath Iannis Xenakis. Blair has since given many concerts in the UK and Europe, including London's prestigious SouthBank Centre. In 1998 he recorded with the group Mandalay in a role that saw him working alongside Madonna/Bjork producer Guy Sigsworth.
The video images in Stars are by Astronomer Paul Moss; a multi-disciplinary artist, "currently exploring the relationship between atmospheric sky phenomena and human responses, creating movements just above and below the human threshold of perception."
Moss is also an environmentalist who has run many events in and around Wellington with music, astronomy, marine and maori star and cosmology themes. As an astronomer he runs public events for occasions such as Lunar and Solar Eclipses, International Sidewalk Astronomy Night and Astronomy Day, annually.
Blair has practised many different areas of Indian Vedic culture for approximately 20 years including: Maharishi transcendental meditation, primordial sound technique, gandharva music, ayurved, sthapathya ved, jyotish and sanskrit which he says "continue to influence my life profoundly." Many of his past works have used Indian texts both in original sanskrit and English translations.
About Stars Blair says "I've always had in mind to write a work that expresses my interest in Vedic culture, generative systems and health."
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The BEST sky pictures in New Zealand are
posted each week
at METVUW - NZ Weather Site click on MetVuw
GADOT - using Music to help protect the
Three 'Scapes at Te Rae Kai Hau Point.
NEWS. Space Radio. Music and Astronomy event in Levin, November 21st, Audio Visuals and live performance organised by Levin Stargazers.
video here.
NEWS. Galillean Nights. Music and Astronomy event in Wellington, NZ, with live sharing of ideas across countries as part of StarPeace global event, Galillean Nights. Civic Square. October 23/24.
ILLUMINATE the paint party featured on TV3 NIGHTLINE with footage from Paul Moss and
Ray Ching illustrating the event. video here. The TV3 documentary by NIGHTLINE is called 'Paint parties may be New Zealand's newest trend'
STARS performance is subject of Asia DownUnder documentary 'The Sound of the Skies' by TVONE and available on YouTube. Footage by Paul Moss. video here. The TV1 documentary by Asia Down Under is called 'The Sound of the Skies'
STARS at Galatos - Arpita Chanda
photograph by Sara Jenkins
STARS at Galatos - Arpita Chanda
photograph by Sara Jenkins
artwork by Paul Moss
'STARS' performance
June 4th at Galatos 10am runs 24hours.
http://www.galatos.co.nz/
'STARS' performance
Saturday 29th November 5pm
The National Film Archive (click here for NZFA STARS info)
STARS - At The New Zealand Film Archive
A composition by Warwick Blair, vocals Sandhya Badakere, visuals Paul Moss
Saturday November 29, 5pm and 10 pm
- 24/7 until December 24th
read more on Page #2 here
KHB - KING HOME BOY world record !!!
35 Hours of Beat Boxing at Civic Square
Friday 22nd 8pm to Sun 24th 12 midday.
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