Julian De La Chica LIVE in NYC
On December 12, 2019, Irreverence Group Music presented Composer & pianist Julian De La Chica at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music in New York City, premiering his new ambient/minimal Piano Cycle Op. 10 "Voyeuristic Images".
In this intimate, solo recital, De la Chica explored raw scenes from watching people's every day life from a friend's apartment window in Soho, NY.
Notes on the Program
In my process as a composer and/or experimenter, "everyday life” as a situation has been fundamental to my creative development. And, perhaps because I belong to a generation that has managed to take image (film, TV, graphic) to other levels of perfection, image, as such, is crucial in my stories. I write about what I see, therefore I write about what I live.
I spent about 8 months visiting friends who lived in Soho, NY. I had just arrived in NY, and I just wanted to go out and get to know the city more. We used to go out a lot, and sometimes, I slept at my friends' places, on the sofa, so as not to take the train so late to Harlem, where I lived at the time. Anyway, I didn't have the money for a taxi fare. That's how I lived this story. From the front window. I'm sure this mysterious man knew that I saw him. And maybe he felt morbid that I saw him. Maybe it was just my imagination and I didn't realize it. Who could know for sure what was happening there?
In the present time, the saturation of the “whole" consumes us. The internet deceives us, and social networks create a virtual collective psychosis. In this piano cycle, I explore in sound and texture, the decay of our everyday life. What we do not see; what is unspoken. I explore the silent image, the fantasy of what we see. The information we share, real or not. Silence as a fundamental element of existence today; listening. Callar.
I invite you to read the texts that I wrote about what I saw; open the window of your imagination, and be a voyeur tonight, with me.