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Partytaugliche Art-Rock-Band aus Australien, die sich v.a. der textlichen Dekonstruktion von AC/DC-Hadern wie auch Pink Floyd-Klassikern und ähnlichen Greueltaten annimmt. EINTRITT FREI! The brainchild of Australian artist Danius Kesminas, The Histrionics perform faithful renditions of familiar rock/pop classics re-interpreted with new lyrics penned by Kesminas. These re-interpretations position each song within the history, discourse, controversy and rumour of the art world. FM classics become a comic look at the world of contemporary art in all its earnest, self-congratulatory glory. The Histrionics perform highly charged and animated live shows, their stage appearances are part performance art and part parody, while also adhering to well worn and much loved rock’n’roll parameters. Appearing in custom-made Jackson Pollock drip suits, the band are accompanied by an overhead projected backdrop displaying the re-written lyrics for those who wish to sing a long. The Histrionics continue Danius Kesminas’ exploration of the boundaries between contemporary art and popular music and attempting to connect their often divergent audiences. Art is the message, music the medium. The Histrionics’ repertoire includes AC/DC’s classic T.N.T., reworked as Nam June Paik in celebration of the legendary Korean Fluxus “grandpa”; The Gridder uses Steve Miller’s The Joker as a platform for Carl Andre’s response to charges of murdering his wife, artist Ana Mendieta. Pink Floyd’s Another Brick in the Wall revisits the Richard Serra Tilted Arc controversy in Useless Steel in the Mall; My Sharona by the The Knack becomes On Kawara, a meditation upon the methodology of the American/Japanese conceptualist who has devoted his practice to the marking of time, while 10CC’s Dreadlock Holiday becomes Pad Thai Takeaway a celebration of the Thai curator, artist and cook, Rirkrit Tiravanija. The Histrionics have released two albums and undertaken two European tours (2003 and 2004) as well as playing extensively in Australia. The first album Never Mind the Pollock’s - Here’s The Histrionics was released in 2002 and Museum Fatigue was released in 2004. The forthcoming, as yet untitled third studio album will be launched during their June 2007 European tour. A full track listing and music files for Never Mind the Pollock’s - Here’s The Histrionics and Museum Fatigue can be found on the Darren Knight Gallery website at http://www.darrenknightgallery.com/artists/kesminas/thehistrionics/index.htm Danius
Kesminas (born 1962) lives and works in Melbourne, Australia. His
solo gallery exhibitions include Kiddies Kube, Darren Knight Gallery,
Sydney, Australia (1997); Hughbris, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney,
Australia (2002); Pretty Flagrant, Kjubh, Cologne, Germany (2003);
Flogging a Dead Source, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
(2003); Museum Fatigue, silvershot, Melbourne, Australia (2005); Vodka
Sans Frontières, Klapedia Art Exhibition Hall, Lithuania (2005)
and PUNKASILA, Cemeti Art Foundation (CAF), Indonesian Institute of
Art, Yogyakarta, Indonesia (2006).
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