The Crossing Point
Hosted by Mike Harding & Bana Haffar, who provided the image.
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“The image of “The Crossing Point” comes from studies of projective geometry and plant growth. I could put it most simply this way: in the plant there is a layer –– sometimes only one cell wide –– between the tissue of the root and the shoot. It is a crossing point between earth and sun. Below, the root hairs grow out of the dense core –– think of a beet or a dandelion –– the gesture of the form radiates from a mid-point outward. Above, the foliage arises out of a hollow, drawn by the sun from the periphery. The movement resembles the figure-of-eight, or Moebus strip, where what was enclosed and digging down turns into what is open and lifting up. And vice versa. The two realms are an organic breathing continuum. The geometric form is the lemniscate. (ix). [M.C. Richards “The Crossing Point” 1973]
1st hour
Chris Watson – Beyond Ol’ Tokai Pt 1 [KREV X, Ash International 2002]
Geir Jenssen – Zhangmu_ Crossing A Landslide Area [Cho Oyu 8201m (Field Recordings From Tibet), Ash International 2006]
Mariachi Azteca Principal performs The Kingdoms Of Elgaland-Vargaland National Anthem #2 [Ash International 2007]
Fragment [Blind c/w Fragment, Ash International 1994] (with thanks to Rog Patterson) Hatohan – El Dorado [Chiky(u)u, Ash International 1997]
AUBE – Crackstratum [Chiky(u)u, Ash International 1997]
Anton Nikkilä – Geographic Samples [Decay, Ash International 1997]
Kent Tankred – 180-250Hz [freq_out [0—∞Hz], Ash International 2004]
Chris Watson – Beyond Ol’ Tokai Pt 2 [KREV X, Ash International 2002]
Pontifex Maximus – Religio Delendum Est [KREV X, Ash International 2002]
2nd hour
Shofar. Door. Field. Reidsville, North Carolina
Robert Ashley – She Was a Visitor (1967) [Automatic Writing, Lovely Music 1979]
The Handover – The Handover Part One (excerpt) [The Handover, Sublime Frequencies 2024]
Frédéric D. Oberland & Irena Z. Tomažin – Grotta [ARBA, DÂK ARBA, Hallow Ground 2020]
Red.House.Pool. Eden, North Carolina
Bill Nace – Part 2 [Both, Drag City Records 2020]
Black Decelerant – two [Reflections Vol. 2: Black Decelerant, RVNG Intl. 2024]
Jon Hassell, Rock Cox, Luke Schwartz – The Nothing of Roselight (edit) [The Nothing of Roselight (Edit) – Single, Ndeya 2021]
Pool. Grate. Rattle. Eden, North Carolina
Fennesz – Happy Audio [Endless Summer, Mego 2006]
Associated Sine Tone Services – 000400 [Associated Sine Tone Services, Flag Day Recordings 2024]