by Serotonin on Sun Sep 11, 2011 5:32 pm
It's a week since I came back from Kristiansand and I haven't come down to Earth yet. I can't express in words all the emotions I felt and I'm still feeling. I would like to thank silentwings for taking the time to write in such detail the events of each day and to post all to us. I read it so many times, I feel like I'm living every moment again.
My decision to go to Norway was mainly on the strength of seeing the live performance of "Plight and Premonition", which is one of my favourite instrumental albums and one I listen to the most. Then, when it was announced that "Cartography" was being included, I was on cloud nine. This is an album I listen to almost everyday since it came out. Each of all the other performances at the festival were truly mesmerizing, but my top ones were "Plight" and "Cartography" plus the Dai Fujikura's works presented by his amazing ensemble... it's incredible the sounds those musicians manage to pull out of their instruments. And of course, everything about the audio-visual installation was truly fascinating!
I just loved the laid-back atmosphere at the two venues; us sitting on the floor for the Atsushi's and David's installation; to be able to chat to the artists during breaks... and I even got a kiss from Paal-Helge Haugen, the Norwegian writer, who read the poem in his idiom.
As for David, he seemed so happy and relaxed amongst his friends and fellow musicians. It was good to see him like that.
Everything was perfect at the Punktfest 2011, very well organised with lots of thoughts going into it, really inspiring. Even the weather was perfect, glorious sunshine and blue skies (most of the time...).
I will never take for granted the opportunity I had to attend such a unique and wonderful event.
x x