Alan Schacher
Cataclysmic Catalyst
Chasing the sound that came before me, sound that penetrates and emanates, responding before hearing.
A gushing silence, the impossibility of moving to and within a cacophony.
In 2006 I performed a rehearsed solo improvisation to a difficult soundtrack created for me by Rik Rue, titled Twisted Mantras and (some) Misguided Words.
A friend later told me that another friend had commented “what an insult”. I always wondered what that meant.
Photography: Owen Spargo
About
Born in Sydney 1952, lives in The Blue Mountains, NSW (Dharug and Gundungurra Country), Australia.
Alan Schacher is a performance artist and creator working across body-based practice and installation, from a background in dance and contemporary performance. His interests and themes extend into architecture, the essence of site, materiality and the body’s inheritances. A central concern proposes diaspora as a global condition calling into question notions of home-land. His works conjure imaginary histories and rituals of and for place and time. He employs materials and objects, collaboration and improvisation as primary methods.