Louise Van Tassel: 7 Levels of Despair

By Louise Van Tassel

Egg wants to talk

about things it’s seen.

It has always been there; it’s seen a lot.

It makes some other things

to talk to about

how we got here.

But they’re not interested in how.

They have their own questions, like

can i make fringe grow out faster how ‘good’ was

that ‘chat’ should i get third pair of fleece trackies

why anal fissure not healing do u know

positivenews.org why do i think about death whilst

showering and should i become a cop or a

hooligan or a prophet and why am i suffering who

did this to me and what’s next?

These are questions about good and evil and having

any morals in the first place

They are songs about pain which is one form of truth

They’re about remembering- or dis-membering

History gets unwritten all the time

History gets unwri

Histor

Hi,

would you like tea?

Louise is a sound- and performance artist based in Glasgow. Inspired by pop, noise, punk and opera, she makes musically infused absurdist performance. In her most recent projects, she has explored ways to talk about / fight against imposed silences and selective erasures of history. She likes to work with other humans, machines, field recordings, inanimate objects (or are they?), things that already contain truths, which can talk to one another.

With original music by Spine (Kairos Pakleppa and Louise Van Tassel).

Image by the artist.

Access note

The main narrative of the performance is communicated through typed text visible on a screen. The lyrics of live music will also be shown on the screen. The performance space is wheelchair accessible.

Content note

Contains loud sounds.