'Colonial War and Mental' Disorders was performed and recorded live on stage in May 2019. It is a Sound-Text rendering of three cases, described and analysed by Frantz Fanon as they appear in the fifth chapter of his book ‘The Wretched Of The Earth’ (1961).
In this section, Fanon deals with the problem of mental disorders born out of the national war of liberation waged by the Algerian people.
Rather than charging full steam ahead, this creation creeps slowly forward, letting both the psychological and physical horrors of Fanon’s words echo in negative space.
"Colonialism is a disease of reality itself. The disease as a condition rearranges reality according to distorted principles, which we find hard to understand to the core. From the cases that Fanon presents and analyses in his book, we have extracted fragments that reflect these distortions."
Meira Asher and Eran Sachs.credits
released November 27, 2020
Recorded Live at Levontin 7 Tel Aviv, 17 May 2019
Text by Frantz Fanon from ‘The Wretched of the Earth’
Translated from French by Richard Philcox
Meira Asher - Voice, electronics, turntable
Eran Sachs - No-input mixer
Dave Phillips - iPods, electronics, mix
Riccardo Mazza - Mastering
Cover Design by Nadav Levihttps://meiraasher.bandcamp.com/album/colonial-war-and-mental-disorders