I just published part two of my new interview with Russell Mills on
Ember Glance, the 1990 installation which he and David Sylvian staged in Tokyo.
Russell talks about the trip that he and David made to gather material for the project, how elements of the installation emerged from the rubble of a previous artwork, the cultural references that anchor the work, and the final realisation of their vision in Japan.
I enjoyed returning to the video footage of the making of
Ember Glance which circulated in the 1990s. My VHS copy from back then was barely watchable, but thankfully there are some better (but still imperfect) versions online.
Here's the link:
https://sylvianvista.com/2020/12/04/ember-glance/
“Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.” att to Jack Kerouac