A Tribute to Moondog : Four Seasons of a Legend
"Louis Thomas Hardin (May 26, 1916 – September 8, 1999), also known as Moondog, was an American musician, composer, theoretician, poet and inventor of several musical instruments. He was blind from the age of 16.
Hardin lived in New York City from the late 1940s until 1972, and during this time he could often be found on 6th Avenue, between 52nd and 55th Streets, wearing a cloak and a horned helmet sometimes busking or selling music, but often just standing silently on the sidewalk. He was widely recognized as "the Viking of 6th Avenue" by thousands of passersby and residents who were not aware of his musical career
Along with his passion for Nordic culture, Moondog had an idealised view of Germany ("The Holy Land with the Holy River" — the Rhine), where he settled in 1974.
On 8 September 1999 he died in Münster from heart failure. He is buried at the Central Cemetery Münster. His tomb was designed by the artist Ernst Fuchs after the death mask.
He recorded many albums, and toured both in the U.S. and in Europe—France, Germany and Sweden."
For this project, I was also inspired from George Condo's contemplation around mental states, and included the impact of music within a fluid ground of feelings and conscious disposition and destructuration of songs, their names and the personal and fictional feelings, reflected by Moondog's sound in those particular songs.
Those songs are: Fog on the Hudson, Frost Flower, Rimshot and Dog Trot. Will share the songs right after each side.
Below, there are four images, in one drawing, noticeable when rotated.
Rest in peace, the Viking of 6th Avenue.
Fog on the Hudson
"The state of a rush, with an acceptable level of certainty at the temporal and spatial references."
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Frost Flower
"The state of a recall for an essential tranquil, following a long-enough devotion and accomplishment."
"The state of a recall for an essential tranquil, following a long-enough devotion and accomplishment."
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Rimshot
"The state of being selective, harmonious and firm."
"The state of being selective, harmonious and firm."
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Dog Trot
"The state of finding a sense-ful direction, while cascading an unprecedented journey or a usual destination."
