unearthing something curious

Unearthing something curious.

The Von Archives website explains itself fully. Under INFO:

VON is a label interested in releasing experiments in contemporary visual and sound arts.
VON is interested in the intersection of the visual and sound arts
VON releases limited and special editions.
VON is run by artists.

The collection of mystifying faces presented under RELEASES.

Labels are barely required to provide any information about themselves, generally the music speaks for itself, people are left to gather the pieces from interviews and string an idea together from the sounds and artwork. This is usually plenty; more than most would consider necessary from a listener, but somehow it doesn't feel enough for Von. Under each face is a video, or a track, and a description of the backdrop to the release, the website feels like a carnival of oddities and despite some relatively well-known names; Aaron Dilloway, Prurient, Thomas Köner, Ghedalia Tazartes, also like an unfathomable puzzle.

There is such a strong feeling of unification from the artwork and images that it is hard to accept the variation in styles of music, to the point that links start to form where there are none. The image sticks with such clarity and such reality, the photographs that adorn the sleeves are so far away from abstract expression, that it is almost hard to accept the musical variety presented here. Like uncovering an old family album with no two subjects the same.

Many of these trailers have tempted me into multiple viewings, and I feel like this will draw a lot of my attention in the coming weeks.

Exerpt from Von017

Thomas Köner 

Futurist Manifesto