Dubstep became a prominent vehicle in current transformation of indie rock. Sure, numerous base dripping parties and musical events during late 90s and early millenium years claimed a place for dubstep in the alternative scene. Only in recent years dubstep made its way to critically acclaimed albums, namely James Blake’s debut album released in 2011. Dubstep’s strength also derives from acknowledging the role of silence between musical parts. Inherited from drum n’ bass, the bass drop has a crucial role in dubstep’s status. Let your ears search for the full bass line, the “wobble” bass and the shuffling beat. The drop interferes, intervenes, alters the musical lines. The drop takes place from within the beat while breaking it apart, leaving your taste taste buds with a distinct flavor.
A drive to Dia: Beacon goes by swiftly when involving a drop playing.
La Vigie by Jean-Luc Moulène looks out, with its 299 photographs, on the life cycles of Paulownia Tomentosa, growing in a crack of a sidewalk in Paris. The photographs are presented in identical size and frame, divided to symmetrical lines on the wall. The content interferes in their presentation. Documented during seven years, Paulownia Tomentosa appears and vanishes, shifts and rediscovered while continuously pointing at a nonlinear temporality.
