Super Inuit & Jessica Schouela – Forebearer
Out November 20th on
download and cassette limited to 50 copies.
Full album:
Forebearer is the audio product of a collaboration between Super
Inuit (Brian Pokora) and Jessica Schouela. The compilation of Jessica’s poems
launched the project and, although written at different times, they were chosen
based on a shared sense of curiosity, vulnerability, and a wish to explore
familial interactions. The poems are a play between viewing and reviewing
history and at the same time, interrogating a possible future. Although the
poems had not originally been intended as spoken word, they nonetheless lend
themselves to an oral reading, even more so in conversation with Brian’s
underlying soundscapes on which the readings sit.
The cover of the record is a portrait drawn by Jessica of her
grandfather in the 1930s, who lived until 102. In this regard, he represents
not only the literal forebearer of the poet, but reflects a life that began in
times that could only view the present as some sort of sci-fi existence.
Nevertheless, as humans we adapt, a sentiment that ultimately sets the tone for
the multi-media project.
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