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things that you hope a human being will be

Alissa Firth-Eagland, Ajay Heble

Published: 2012-09-07

TEXT: This comprehensive overview of Jane Bunnett's year as Improviser-In-Residence includes a short biography, an interview with Bunnett by Ajay Heble, for a session of Thinking Spaces: The Improvisation Reading Group and Speaker series, and an essay by Guelph-based artist Dawn Matheson, who documented many of Bunnett's projects. Matheson's essay includes photos, first impressions, two impromptu interviews, and multiple summaries of the experience behind the videos (included as part of the publication). VIDEO: Content of enclosed DVD: Matheson's films, "Katy's Song" (http://www.improvcommunity.ca/research/katys-song), "Interruptions" (http://www.improvcommunity.ca/research/interruptions), and "Jane Bunnett and the Vertical Squirrels" (http://www.improvcommunity.ca/research/concert-jane-bunnett-and-vertical...), and video by Matheson and Nicholas Loess, "Sound Painting" (http://www.improvcommunity.ca/research/sound-painting).

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Improvisation is, simply put, being and living this very moment. No one can hide in music, and improvising in music is to be truly in this very moment and being completely yourself, with all your qualities and faults. It is probably the most honest state for a human being to be in.

– John McLaughlin in an interview with Daniel Fischlin.