10-09-2022, 18:06
Kyla-Rose Smith was born on this day in 1982, in Johannesburg, South Africa. She is best known as the violinist and backing singer for the now defunct Freshlyground.
She has since become involved with many sound related and multi-media projects, both at home and abroad. She is especially interested in the art of performance and how artists and audiences engage and interact with one another and her webpage says “Her current projects engage with aural and visual dimensions of contemporary society.” http://www.kylarosesmith.com/ She is the artistic direction for an organization that performed a work titled “Seventy Sounds Between You and Me” which is interesting notion, IMHO (if it’s a bit like the six degrees of separation). I imagine it could be the sounds that punctuate our lives – some we probably pay no attention at all – and the differences and similarities, culturally, geographically, socially, etc. Hmmm ….
One of Freshlyground’s best known songs and a firm favourite – as it should be …
She has since become involved with many sound related and multi-media projects, both at home and abroad. She is especially interested in the art of performance and how artists and audiences engage and interact with one another and her webpage says “Her current projects engage with aural and visual dimensions of contemporary society.” http://www.kylarosesmith.com/ She is the artistic direction for an organization that performed a work titled “Seventy Sounds Between You and Me” which is interesting notion, IMHO (if it’s a bit like the six degrees of separation). I imagine it could be the sounds that punctuate our lives – some we probably pay no attention at all – and the differences and similarities, culturally, geographically, socially, etc. Hmmm ….
One of Freshlyground’s best known songs and a firm favourite – as it should be …
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