Name: Drifts and Surfaces
Brand: Elori Saxl

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375 Media

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2024-07-19

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Elori Saxl

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Western Vinyl

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Alternative / Modern

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“Drifts and Surfaces” is a three-part set, with each work emerging from commissions and united by common themes: the flow between ephemeral movement and everyday stasis, the paradox of extraordinary and everyday beauty, and the ambition and idleness that characterize life in the 21st century . Century Saxl continues to use chamber music ensembles alongside analog synthesizers and digital experiments, delving into structural emotions and the vivid details of small actions. While her breakthrough LP The Blue of Distance (2021) incorporated field recordings from the Adirondacks and Lake Superior, Saxl's source material here comes primarily from live percussion and other instruments. The project began in 2018 in Brooklyn's Red Hook neighborhood in the rehearsal space Saxl's band shares with percussion trio Tigue. Later that year they played a residency together and recorded the piece. In 2021 she began a new commissioned work with Third Coast Percussion from Chicago. The title “Drifts” refers to the 2020 novel by Kate Zambreno, in which the protagonist is fascinated by the work of Chantal Ackerman, which presents the typically feminine, invisible forms of domestic work as just as valuable as activities that are commonly be viewed as productive. Saxl presents “Drifts” in the spirit of this feminist thesis: “It feels like there is a small group of women here who are exploring this idea and celebrating small actions that I hope I continue their work.” That The final piece, “Surfaces,” was commissioned by the Guggenheim Museum in conjunction with the Alex Katz retrospective in 2022. The group - consisting of Henry Solomon on baritone saxophone, Robby Bowen on glass marimba and saxophone - leans into light, thoughtful tones inspired by the groundbreaking painter's contemporary focus. Katz's work deals with the optical perception of “things that pass quickly,” such as the liminality of twilight, when the outline of an object begins to become indistinct. “The way in which our perception of things changes, not because they change, but because we change,” explains Saxl. “I wanted these really small changes to feel dramatic, to reflect the imaginary movement in his paintings.” Stepping back to look at “Surfaces” within the set, Saxl finds the current that runs through the entire work, the concept of self as part of something larger. “Katz's depiction of multiple generations of New York artists inspired me to reflect on how there is no individual 'I' as an artist without the artists who came before me and the community of artists with whom I grew up. The boundaries between us are blurring and I feel like I am being carried on an interwoven surface formed by the community around me. At the same time, I also know that at some point I will have to turn inward and swim out on my own.”

Drifts and Surfaces

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Discover "Drifts and Surfaces" by Elori Saxl on Western Vinyl. A three-part set exploring themes of movement and stasis, featuring chamber music and analog synths.