The Detroit Sessions: SPECTRE.

On May 22, 2019, Library Street Collective and The Detroit Sessions welcomed Jason REVOK, Roberto González-Monjas and Tunde Olaniran to a former church for an immersive experience titled SPECTRE, merging time-based projection with classical performance. Within the repurposed cathedral, REVOK’s buzzing Tape Loops enveloped the space as González-Monjas interpreted the complete cycle of Brahms violin sonatas in a concert that presented the power of space, optics, and sound.

With the generous support of Bluewater Technologies, the space stirred with original visuals by Jason REVOK as González-Monjas performed with pianist Ivan Moshchuk, wrapping the domes and columns in vibrating concentric lines. REVOK too uses abstraction to consider the enormity of the human condition without representational reference to the human figure itself. He works physically, and his studio practice is centered around the calculated - yet indeterminate - use of his manmade tools. In an unexpected connection between these two artists, it is interesting to consider the words of music critic Samuel González Casado who said of González-Monjas “he is in a great moment of artistic maturity that allows him to mold a brutal ‘physical’ part that also requires absolute devotion to transmit that urban and street paroxysm.”

Our team at Bluewater engaged directly with artist Jason REVOK on translating physically created static artwork to an immersive motion-based performance through extensive motion graphics work, on-site laser scanning and rebuilding and CGI mapping and reprojection to bring this surreal performance to life.