Gazelle Twin, a stark vision of England

Published: 2019-02-23 02:19:47 by Fco Javier Rivas

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Photographies taken the 2019-02-22

Gazelle Twin, performing at Barcelona's Caixaforum.

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Gazelle Twin, performing at Barcelona's Caixaforum.

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Gazelle Twin, performing at Barcelona's Caixaforum.

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Gazelle Twin, performing at Barcelona's Caixaforum.

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Gazelle Twin, performing at Barcelona's Caixaforum.

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Gazelle Twin, performing at Barcelona's Caixaforum.

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Gazelle Twin, real name Elizabeth Bernholz, has presented her new conceptual work 'Pastoral' on Friday, February 22 at night in the hall of Caixafòrum venue in Barcelona.

Dressed in a red tracksuit and her face covered, except for her mouth, and a white cap, the artist seemed a disturbing presence, especially when she smiled. An overwhelming jester that adopts different voices and characters. According to the artist herself, she has emphasized in interviews, the jester has influences from the world of David Lynch.

The music that has sounded in the room sometimes had a magmatic pulse, sometimes industrial, others seemed an attack of techno hysteria and, in a few, the flute and its fresh voice like a mountain stream, as if taken from a medieval polyphony, has lightened with a folk breeze the primordial beat with a lot of percussion that recreated the dj, and in some moments the red incandescent lighting, that has accompanied the artist.

The theme that lies behind the aggressive beats and the sweet flute is England. Far from easy dualisms, the music of Gazelle Twin explores the horror behind the idyllic English countryside juxtaposing the aggressiveness of the beats and the innocence of the instrument of the shepherds, while the jester mocks everything changing from the choral voice to sinister whispers or hysterical screams. A stark vision of how Brexit has lived in the rural areas of England, contradicting the idyllic glosses of the pastoral artists, although it also goes further. A deconstruction of English identity, a sign of hatred and xenophobia that underlies an idyllic appearance.