On Names, by Sofia Carbonara

On Names

by Sofia Carbonara

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On Names 19:25

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Limited-run cassette can be purchased directly from Alien Passengers.
Video with Matt Lima Films available on Vimeo.

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ON “ON NAMES:”

I recorded the voices of my parents (Joaquin & Daniela) reading off phonemes (the sounds in words) from Spanish, Italian, and German in search of what my name was made out of. I took this to the vibraphone.

Crawling inside a mouth, inner metal parts sang. On Names is the time I spent there.

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ON THE ALBUM ART:

The mobile pictured was imagined by me and carefully constructed by Zoe Cutler, with me as her assistant. This object was passed on to Ana-Hansa Ogren, who crafted an image from the object (with text added by Mike Collino of Alien Passengers). In Ana’s words:

“I've been thinking…on relationships between our neural pathways (synaptic maps that are constantly morphing based on our experiences and environments), rhizomatic thinking and creativity, deltas and tributaries, and root/branch systems (trees and plants shoot energy pathways in multiple directions) that all came together in this image. To me [this image] simply communicates the deep and all encompassing wildness that language and more rigid forms of communication operate in, [in] the context of infinite complexity [that] is the environment...comparatively rudimentary technologies (like our languages) create unnecessary complexity which often dilute rather than enrich our experience of that environment in order to use them as tools of power…”

credits

released July 12, 2023

Sofia Carbonara, vibraphone and composition
G Brown, recording and mixing
Cameron Frank, mastering
Zoe Cutler, artwork, mobile construction
Ana Hansa-Ogren, artwork, cover
Matt Lima, cinematography
Mike Collino, cassette design

Recorded on November 3rd, 2022 at the Russell Industrial Center in Detroit, Michigan.
Released to cassette on Alien Passengers.

Thank you to my collaborators listed above who carried On Names into this form. Special thanks to:
Daniela Hager Carbonara and Joaquin Carbonara for sharing their voices;
Mike Collino for being a continuous supporter of my work and welcoming me to Alien Passengers; and,
Matt Lima for producing the film documentation of On Names with clarity and care.

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Sofia Carbonara Melbourne, Australia

Sofia Carbonara is a percussionist
based in Naarm/Melbourne, Australia. They perform with mixed-chamber ensemble Virago, collaborate with theater, dance, visual art, and poetry, and write and perform their own compositions. You can reach them at sofiacarbonara.com. ... more