New Jersey Stage Issue 59 | Page 12

Interestingly, the process of creating art changed for them over time. They began with Galietti bringing a lot of reflective materials like compact discs (which tend to reflect rainbows) and metallic foil board paper. The process started with thinking about the visuals and the music in response, but it evolved to the point that when they moved on to their second residency in Iceland they had started to work the other way around. Music was created first and the visuals were a response to the music. “We sort of surrendered leadership,” said Galietti. “Which actually happens in a conversation when someone starts to take over and then the next person jumps in and adds to the conversation.” “We invited a local vocalist at our first residency to join the conversation and at the second one we invited a double bass player from Switzerland and a novelist from Madrid,” recalled Runciman. “They became largely improvised performances where Fine Art Photography all you need peace/love/flower power