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March 31, 2007 The Neshama Alma Band at Conciertos Chicanos, La Casa Encendida, Madrid Spain
The Neshama Alma Band is a San Francisco-based collaboration of composer
Ernesto Diaz-Infante and video-artist Marjorie Sturm. Their latest work,
"The Sun Heals Life," is an experiential performance that provokes private
reflection in a public space around retribution, forgiveness, and war. On
a bajo sexto guitar, Diaz-Infante performs trance, mantra-strumming
inspired by Native American and other rhythms. The minimalist video
accompaniment focuses the mind to the hypnotic soundscape, breeding a
personal and collective visualization to the current dilemmas. This
performance is best absorbed by a ruminative participant who will engage
with the Band of spirits who are being conjured for guidance.