Tanning Ritual ( Summer Ritual/ Rituel d'​é​té 18)

by Liam Witter

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I took five words from the french language to Newcastle (UK) and using templates attempted sunmade tattoos of each word onto my body. Failing effective natural tanning i searched for alternative methods for tattooing to give similar results.
Each word can bit split in two and make two words. The deconstructed words have connotations that refer to the body or tanning.
E.g. Peau finer Vein Arde -nt Cou Rage Ton Sure Cor Nichon
Whitley bay was my base, where the possibility of encounter and investigation of the surroundings provided ample material to produce the work. In a performance of two parts; the action of tanning resulted in a translation by musical demonstration, which is possibly classed as lo-fi/art-folk. I wrote 5 songs (one per word/tanning technique) detailing the cognitive/experimental process of attaining each 'sun-made' tattoo.

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released May 10, 2021

Music: Liam Witter
Texts: Liam Witter
Production: Liam Witter
Ambient sound interviews: People of Whitley Bay
with the help of ArtHouses Whitley
and Wendy Vachal

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Liam Witter Marseille, France

I take the position of a dilettante, experimenting with sounds and bilingually merged texts (french and english). My sound works envelop the conceptual and the poetic as well as performative gestures.

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