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Jing Who
Jing Who is the name of a performance given by Forgotten Fish Memory Orchestra in Rotterdam. It is a word play on Jing Hu which is a Chinese musical instrument, played with a bow it is similar in range to … Continue reading
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Przemek Miler
Przemek Miler I am posting this today on the 19th of February because this date is the anniversary of the untimely and sad death of Przemek Miler, who died in 2006 at just 28 years old. Przemek was a member … Continue reading
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The Paintings of Arkadi Len
We are back in Amsterdam. Arkadi is living in a small first floor apartment. He has begun to paint. I have never seen him paint before and I am curious. It seems a would-be -trendy art gallery owner has decided … Continue reading
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The Hüzzün
The Hüzzün, also spelled Huzun or Husn, is a Turkish word which comes from the Arabic and means something like melancholy, sadness. Well, in fact it means much more than that. The writer Orhan Pamuk suggests that it actually has … Continue reading
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Forgotten Fish Memory Orchestra – Are they Wabi Sabi?
Wabi Sabi is an aesthetic idea from Japan. Difficult to explain, as any Japanese native will tell you. But it runs through all the artistic and philosophical ideas that we associate strongly with Japanese art and culture. The Wabi part … Continue reading
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Mr Gaelic Punkt, Man of Many Faces.
Mr Gaelic Punkt, Man of Many Faces. by Farid Eff. I am sitting down with Gaelic Punkt, clarinettist extraordinaire with Forgotten Fish Memory Orchestra. We are in Vienna, in the kitchen of a house once lived in by Friedensreich Hundertwasser. … Continue reading
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Baroque Dada
In a recent interview with Odd Banner, he was asked which art movement he would most closely align with the aims and aesthetics of Forgotten Fish Memory Orchestra. He came up with the term ‘Baroque Dada’. That’s an interesting way … Continue reading
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Harumi, on a winter’s night….
Harumi, on a winter’s night, is walking through the narrow streets of Amsterdam. It is about 7 o’clock, the city is already dark. She is worried about being late so she quickens her step a bit, across Spui Plein, down … Continue reading
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– from The Book of the Dead. ‘It’s Your Funeral’.
You’ve heard of The Egyptian Book of the Dead. It doesn’t exist. What I mean by that is.. there isn’t a single definitive piece of text called The Book of the Dead. There are several, even many, old papyruses which … Continue reading
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A Rare Conversation with Odd Banner
Interview with Odd Banner, founder member of Forgotten Fish Memory Orchestra by Farid Eff. I am sitting in the Cafe Heim, in the Santos neighbourhood in Lisbon. It is a well loved unashamedly hipster establishment and I am nursing an … Continue reading
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