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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Threads of Dissent" tapestry exhibition at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Oct. 22,1999-Jan. 30, 2000) is either a contradiction in terms or a play on words. The show brings together modern tapestries by six contemporary artists--Murray Walker, Lilian Tyrrell, Leon Golub, Edward Derwent, Wojciech Jaskolka, and Jorge Pardo--who use the antiquated medium of tapestry-making as a vehicle for social commentary. Although criticisms of modern society is touted as the exhibition's concept, the show in reality places more emphasis on 'descent' rather than 'dissent'--more preoccupied with showcasing the at times overly-forced geneology connecting...
...There is a certain severity beneath the lighthearted attitude the movie adopts--not every scene is a humorous denial of the life or death crisis the shtetl faces. The villager elected to play the head fake Nazi goes through his own psychological crisis, and the whole ordeal seems to sorely test the shtetl's religious faith. Even as the shtetl is fleeing death, it runs straight into its own humanity. The most serious crisis in the movie occurs not when they are dealing with real Nazis or are otherwise close to disaster, but when they explicitly ask if God exists...
...just amazing that Cibo Matto, a "weird band," gets to do this, it's pretty fantastic. The audience might not have any idea about us, but I think that's good, people need time to figure out whether they like it or not. We're very happy to play music for new people...
...Touring makes us stronger because we have to play every day. It's also a great place to figure out the songs. We've already changed the arrangements on a lot of them. Touring is the place where things become real. Recording also, but they are different. I feel recording and touring are like parents, mama...
...album, write more songs and do more experimental stuff. That's what we miss a lot. Sean is a solo artist, Timo [the drummer] has his own stuff too. I feel like Cibo Matto unites us all. We take our time to do our individual things, then we'll play together again. But it's very important for us to be in NYC, to do our individual work, I think we need that time...