Lily Star (2019) by Enrico Malatesta
from Presto!? Records
Lily Star is a selection of modified texts, anthropological annotations, anecdotes, fake names and speech fragments collected and then assembled by the author during several years of employment as a fireworks seller.
The fieldwork was then expanded through internet-based researches; the aim of the book is to present a flow of information concerning the socio-cultural and ecological implications, the rhetoric of trade, the rules, the semantic aesthetics of nomenclatures and descriptions, the aberration of use of fireworks and the sound & light synesthetic presence of pyrotechnics in different contexts of celebration and entertainment.
Lily Star is a stage for the ephemeral power of fireworks and its transfer from the sky to the medium of text.
Enrico Malatesta is a percussionist interested in experimental research on music, performance, and pedagogy. He explores the relation between sound, space, and movement, with attention to the multi-material possibilities of percussion instruments. This research places a strong emphasis on the material’s potential to produce a multiplicity of information through simple actions, the motion and experience of listening, and the sustainability of the presence of the performer.
www.enricomalatesta.com
The fieldwork was then expanded through internet-based researches; the aim of the book is to present a flow of information concerning the socio-cultural and ecological implications, the rhetoric of trade, the rules, the semantic aesthetics of nomenclatures and descriptions, the aberration of use of fireworks and the sound & light synesthetic presence of pyrotechnics in different contexts of celebration and entertainment.
Lily Star is a stage for the ephemeral power of fireworks and its transfer from the sky to the medium of text.
Enrico Malatesta is a percussionist interested in experimental research on music, performance, and pedagogy. He explores the relation between sound, space, and movement, with attention to the multi-material possibilities of percussion instruments. This research places a strong emphasis on the material’s potential to produce a multiplicity of information through simple actions, the motion and experience of listening, and the sustainability of the presence of the performer.
www.enricomalatesta.com
