clarifying the content
a word or two clarifying some of my intentions with the aman amun project. if things get boring feel free to look at the pictures and move on.
i’ve attempted to make the message clear that aman amun is a conceptual project meant to reveal the hidden elements of the world and thereby reconcile the two different representations of the self.
“a man” is the most straightforwards label you can pin on a person whereby attributing worth, potential, and responsibility. i use it to describe the external part of the self, however that external self will vary in each person’s “model” of the world. by that i mean that the sequential actions, visual representations, and the contextual contents of these things revealed to one individual (as filtered through their own qualities) by another will vary, so different individuals will view “a man” differently.
amun represents the hidden elements of that man, the internal ebb and flow of ideas and emotions which allow that very man to wear his label. a man will pick and choose which of his internal content see’s the light of day, but man’s inability to successfully and completely externally represent this inner content as well as the complete uncertainty and irrationality that it generally consists of, allows the two parts of the person to continue to persist as seperate entities.
in this project i seek to take steps to reconcile the two within myself; to represent the most relevant and honest emotions and ideas that develop beneath my surface as clearly and aesthetically as possible.
this conceptual dedication means everything to me as a performer. it expects more of me than what a simple performance with an acoustic guitar and a microphone can deliver. but performance art is dangerous territory for an artist with main-stream aspirations and an obscure message. i refuse to sit back and let what i do sqeeze itself into small box to be popped out at the turn of a crank. i’m not content to let it devolve into a novelty show demonstrating my research or a musical performance spinkled with magic tricks. niether do i want it to come across as pulpit for my rantings or, contrastingly, a performance-void VIP box to watch you dance from. what i want is to create a moment.
i want to create a moment that is emotionally and conceptually meaninful to every person that takes part in it, a moment where the message of collapsing boundaries and the collective desire to do so becomes present and understood. if any of you have any ideas or suggestions as to how i can clearly and uniqely manifest these goals into reality, feel free to shoot me an email.