Crackers by Christof Migone

A joint is the locale where bones articulate a tension. Crackers are compulsive about the release of that tension. A crack is incontinent. A cracker too. As the sound of the cracks echo, some wince, others feel relief. A crack is a body nonsequitur, a crack is a bone edit, a crack is a broken break.

The original material for Crackers (tracks 1-7) was recorded during a residency at Gallery 101 in Ottawa, Canada, in October 1997. Crackers were solicited through the radio, classified ads in the weekly paper, and via the Gallery’s membership. The recording sessions consisted of an interview succeeded by a cracking session. Crackers: Justine Akman, Tony Daye, Marguerite Dehler, Sarah Dobbin, Vera Greenwood, Germaine Koh, Louise Levergneux, Christof Migone, Michael Sutton.

The Halifax version (tracks 8-11) was commissioned by Tracing the City: Interventions of Art in Public Space for the Urban Encounters: Art and the Public conference, NSCAD University / Dalhousie University, Halifax, October 10-12, 2013. Participants: Ksenia Azanova, Spencer Davenport, Kylie Dyment, Rose Erin, Laura Hadley, Masaaki Itow, Gillian Maradyn Jowsey, Emily Lawrence, AJ MacDonald, Claire Matthews, Lee Roth, Jessica Lynn Weibe, Sophie Wonfor. Recorded with the assistance of Annie Onyi Cheung.

Downloadable MP3 version available for free at http://christofmigone.com/crackers_ottawa/

Tracklist

1.	Crackers Ottawa 1	14:29

2.	Crackers Ottawa 2	0:14

3.	Crackers Ottawa 3	9:59

4.	Crackers Ottawa 4	1:53

5.	Crackers Ottawa 5	12:45

6.	Crackers Ottawa 6	7:11

7.	Crackers Ottawa 7	5:09

8.	Crackers Halifax 1	5:52

9.	Crackers Halifax 2	1:12

10.	Crackers Halifax 3	3:28

11.	Crackers Halifax 4	2:51

Credits

released January 1, 2000

Drawings by Onya Hogan-Finlay.

Audio mastering by Harris Newman.

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