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Paper Rad, This Song of Love, 2007 |
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THIS SONG OF LOVE BY THE MIDDLE GEORGIA SINGING CONVENTION NO.1, 1932 REMIX: PAPER RAD, THIS SONG OF LOVE, 2007 This African-American church group, presumably from Georgia, recorded six songs in Atlanta in 1930. Other than that, not much is known about them. In his liner notes Harry Smith paraphrases the lyrics as “Home to Heaven. Land where no night. Sins forgiven. Walking on higher way. Light of heaven surrounds. Song of Love in heart.” Paper Rad have communicated this joy in their new collaborative collage which includes cartoon characters, smiley hearts and popular culture icons such as E.T. Paper Rad will often recycle or appropriate obscure pieces of culture, those that have been lost in the folds of time and popular culture. Paper Rad is US-based art collective that makes comics, video, net art, MIDI files and installations, and are in a variety of music bands. They are represented by Foxy Production Gallery in New York and have shown at several major galleries including Pace Wilderstein, The New Museum of Contemporary Art and Deitch Projects in New York. www.paperrad.org |
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