I think Merche was probably my favorite guest out of the ones that have visited so far.
One of the most interesting things Merche talked about today was her ceramic disco booth. I thought it sounded really nice and soothing. I bet the video doesn’t quite do it justice though.
The atmosphere I could observe from watching the video looked really interesting. I don’t know if it’s because of my exposure to experimental musicians recently but I actually might be down to watch an experimental performance now.
Perhaps one of the most interesting design choices I’ve heard recently was her choice to include spikes on the ceramic disco booth. The spikes weren’t there for aesthetic and certainly didn’t affect the music, at least not directly. The spikes were there to calm Merche’s nerves but hurt her finger tips a little. She believes she drowns out the nerves by inflicting a little bit of discomfort.
I’ve never thought to design a system to reassure someone’s stage fright with spike-y pain. That’s beyond interesting to me.
Just as I was going to ask it, Darko took the words straight from my mouth. “Would you listen to your music while cooking?”
Of course, I think we all remember her answer.
“Hell no.”
First of all, that response was hilarious. However, I think it’s really interesting that she is strongly against casually using experimental music like this as background music.