An Observance of Absence

"An Observance of Absence" (~37 min), by Jason Pappariella, documents interior and exterior spaces left vacant and dilapidated by the abandonment of Central Pennsylvania's anthracite coal-mining region, juxtaposing them against similarly neglected sites in industrial Eastern Europe. Adam Parks (Lightning White Bison) will perform a live musical accompaniment on manipulated analogue four-track using sounds recorded and collected on-site in both locales.

Jason Pappariella is a filmmaker from Pennsylvania.  His work documents and explores the topics of decay, the discarded, and abandoned or scarcely used spaces. Adam Parks (Lightning White Bison) is a Virginia-based artist who focuses on minimal, abstract and experimental sound compositions using field recordings, incidental improvisations and other collected source materials and sound-generating objects.

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