The Mephista show at the Contemporary Arts Center here in New Orleans last
night was beautiful and engrossing -- but interesting as Mori's electronic
contributions were, I think it would probably have been just as intense w/
just Susie Ibarra and Sylvie Courvoisier. The visual contrast was, however,
quite amusing -- Courvoisier swooping upon the innards of the piano,
Ibarra's movements so swift yet so precise, as though every gesture were
part of an elaborately choreographed ritual -- even when she dropped some of
her little clackety percussion thingies well to the side of her seat and had
to scoop them up. And then there was Mori pecking away like a programmer
alone in her cubicle. Ibarra seemed to be watching and reacting to
Courvoisier the majority of the time during the pieces.
Parry
