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Melech

by Anat Ben-David

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1.
Where have you been The skipping rod's folded On the board liking pages you Skippy Intelligent net - bombarded Funny faced, up for grabs Dependent on parasite sites And all the king's horses, arriving Reflected in mirrors of them shops - had been broken - Narrow and minded equilibrium Supplying drugs for the status quo ORACLE The battle of Tripoli staged Painters of Happiness Funders of the formula Supporters of worthy And knowledge Who invited Those troops to play? Living a good life, in economic measures - Who staged the play? And despite your rejection Might you launch at any moment Money is only better than Money
2.
Terrace on the seaside, growing wild herbs In the garden, her love turned to hate A ruler - the queen of hearts Pointing at her, look out, look out, look out Like pigs to blood, it's like Marilyn Monroe All get out, all aboard, on a tight rope Making yourself larger than life Make yourself happy (nothing human) Free love - the roost for guys Terribly commercial I'm the play, I'm the writer I'm the actress - projecting myself See yourself in it, see yourself naked You look like Greta Garbo You look like a puppet Ying and yang, you just like whatever Fame is a misunderstanding surrounding a name Fame is a misunderstanding surrounding a name Fame is a misunderstanding surrounding a name
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Puppet 03:56
I am the empty spirit I fuel your expectation Come to me Squeeze your eyes You are a puppet I am your doll Keep me in your pocket Take me somewhere where it's nice I'm your perpetual device Call me Render me still Call me I'm your puppet Call me, preciouses Moving along - in absence Move in style Move another millimetre - Move another mile Call me icing-sugar like you did before Call me puppet Before you close the door
4.
Clair 04:17
She turns into the corner looks for something on the shelf In the frozen bit she looks And seems disappointed And it's not there Can it be that what she's looking for Is both on the shelf and in a fridge? Never finding either She is walking straight in line But the other line is broken She is shopping for her life And the morning motors running Snake in road, pelican state Galloping man, wings she can fold Clair you are late - you are a living Crossing abroad, buying a life Someone else is Knitting or stitching If you have a pleasure Put it in a bag Collecting measures Will become Turning glass into gold - your medicine Clair - your real break will come She steps outside of the shop Leaving a frozen step Clair, you've got too much hair Looking at Her foot - Steps in the air
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And she is everywhere On the fabric spreads fast Making movements on pavements She works hard Blight bubbles the alien stranger She grows minds that follow no leader Stepping shadows the further emotion There is no feeling in this - kicking strangers Melting marble as Ministrations There are too many of them clerks here No works for the She fights hard Damned departments of consume She wares in wars She wares in wars She wares in wars Monumental refuge Fungal Bursting Plotting Giggles You moron oblivious - she is the crack of your glasses Skirt-lifting torture - skating cuts (When she arises in flames - She is the capital rustic) When she lifts her finger to touch your bloos - Couldn't be more gentle and faded She sends you to pieces She sends you to pieces She sends you to pieces
6.
American slogans The nomadic lifestyle, the yearn for the past, There is always a mystery, hiding at last, American slogans, Anglo Saxon, new England, Its always a part of him, Slvia Plath Threatened by lipstick, comes round the front (of the bar) He’s writing a poem, throwing a thought to the bin. He travelled a distance, to look for the gaze, Its much more forgiving, in so many ways, Close your eyes and feel the rhythm, Shaking your Jeans, psychedelic lifestyle, Living the dream, you wants to write poems, just like Bodlair, But there’s nothing like real life, as long as its- over there. Staring reflections, caught in his drink, Lost himself to an image, he’s trying to think (about God) Its so hard to be different, not blend in a crowd, In attempting escape was caught in a Trendy trap. Close your eyes and feel the rhythm, Shaking your myths, psychedelic lifestyle, Living as if, you wants to have knowledge like Jacques Rancière, But there’s nothing like real life, Now that it’s up in the air.
7.
Melech 06:06
Ba hamelech el ha hamonim Ma yagid hamelech Sheker dibarti Lama tilchi mimeni Lama tilachami Sevel taamti Dam lokeach dam Ma od tevakshi mimeni Ta shamayeem lach natati Biladaich ananim U biladay lo eten Lach lehiyot Ma kafuu einayeech Kavuo ba adama Ma kahou sfatayeech Sagru alaay Ba hamelech el hahamonim Ma yada hamelech Emet yada Ma hamelech Bein ha hamonim Emet yada Dam al yadav Emey yada Dam al yadav
8.
Radio 03:18
Turn your own radio on, ready to overflow It is a mystery to why this experience never fails Summertime, anytime - overlaying metamorphosis - Greetings from another planet Semiotic, acrobatics, shape of hesitant response Words will put you in a funny business Pour on your starters - for a dress Milking it - running after blind spots Chasing leather tails What monkeys? The odd ones - the devil Once, in the woods, I left, oriental beliefs When I came back
9.
Alchemi 02:30
I am you, and I the naked Host your investment - statement of hunted Arm arrested for lifting your spirit Take no notice, I reflected alone Responsible for your deportation - I evaportate For whatever exists the feathering gratification My throne steered your window of perception I have lifted your spirit - I the member of the club by default Matrimony of expression I don't ask for much By bearing your movements, Invasive, intuitive misconception I the water in your mouth - Now cleaning your teeth instead devoured Old and bitter, menacing - Gripping the hand that shakes - No more Inspiration, smelling the pits Hiding in ethereal stolen goods I am the memory glorification of You Come here, bear this, look at inspiration - She is the total morphine, she is forever - Pottering about On inhalation, beauty, flow of information Much of colour in her eyes reveals - Nothing. Frame this, cover that with varnish Muse! In opening her mouth - Kept shut Good for muse to pose this morning (Good for muse to die!) Bitter, volatile, even eyes kept open When - you - in - love - with - image He went with pockets
10.
I love your hair I will remove it Where did you get it done? I never trust them I cut it myself (I like it loose- that flocks my pleasure) Asymmetrical, iron, straight - Gorgeous, smoky, turn of dice I love your hair. Please wash it twice Shaking it- it falls in places - Like your stories pieces Fresh, it's geometric Flicks and fibre - electric - The fires of Beirut Perfect, a mushroom Let's go to war I love the shape, it's very chic I will re-move it Scars of the Earth Trust into a bob Your hair - the one in the middle I love it Seamless golden sketches. Where did you get that muscle cracked? Grow that vegetable ache? Scars so red. Eye in the air. Drags her face and goes into battle The brain's a bully Beat of temperamental go-gossip Rain of bullets Please note, I am out of office My touch-detective foot - I'm gone Dzzttt dzzt dzz - reported missing Dzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzt Most things done. Burning bossy skinning those forces Tongue's been wired F I R E (Let's make fire) I love your hair it's perfect I love them roots They're wild
11.
Countess, your consequence sentimental In an island by herself counting shells What is the gamble of elementary reason? What are the chances of that? Purpose, computer, the analytic engine The future Sentimental - processed by machine Scientific memoirs, waterproof-shelter Systems put to shame by organized troops Numbers, by numbers, by numbers - Relatively simple Countess your dress drops Countess your dress drops In the future, in the future When the red drops islands And the violet of the sun Counting shells, making fun Now the future Now it's gone
12.

about

Melech (Hebrew for 'king') is an audio-visual installation comprising a triptych of red, blue and yellow screens featuring mythical singing characters in perpetual movement. The installation also includes a photo-collage. Melech has been developed using improvisational methods of speaking or singing words into a sound oscillator and observing their rhythmic effects. The sonic patterns created, trigger new ideas about what words to utter and how they might be performed. The themes developed are then made into visual narratives through choreographed body movements performed for the camera. I call this process OpeRaArt.

credits

released January 8, 2014

Thanks to:

Jet, Sean Ashton, David Falkner, John Wollaston,
Daniel Steve and Ed at CSM Moving Image Department, Phil and Kenny at KU Moving Image Department. Jenny Jet and Tim at CSM Photo Department, Volker Etchelmann, Frank Millward, Avi Pitchon, Charlotte and Jeanine- Cullinarichards.

Cynthia Hamilton - Photography and Film Assistant

Vinyl mixed and mastered at Dreamtrak. Produced by Anat Ben-David and Oli Horton.

Commissioned by Stanley Picker Gallery and Centre for Useless Splendour, Kingston University (January 2014)

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Anat Ben-David London, UK

Dr Anat Ben-David explores the freedom of live improvisation combined with traditional methods of musical composition. Her background in experimental theatre (the school of Visual Theatre, Jerusalem) and as a member of electro–punk band and art collective Chicks On Speed, has led to projects such as Kairos OperaArt at the V&A in 2017. ... more

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