DLD09 live

1. Everybody gets in tune with Itay Talgam

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   There is the nice ritual at DLD when Jospeh Vardi asks everybody in his opening speech to turn around and shake hands with the person behind. It's a symbol and it's a technique: To get communication started and to foster a common feel among the visitors.

   Itay Talgam's paddle symphony serves the same goal: Tuning everybody in and finding a common groove. We find ping pong paddles and balls under our seats and instantly form an orchestra. Everybody lets the ball hop on his paddle and together create a sound carpet of a onderful ball clicking chaos.

   The conductor explains: "The essence of music is not always to be together, it can be something different. You can listen to what goes on around you, you cannot understand but still listen! It's a souvenir for the chaos and complexity."

   In the end everybody sings "All you need is love" and "All I need is love" together. Now we are nicely in tune and can start the conference.

   [Update] It's easier to imagine the performance with this little video:

   
   

   

   Thomas Praus
   Conducted by Itay Talgam everybody performs a symphony of ping pong paddles and balls together as a symbol for chaos, complexity and group phenomena.

   January 25, 2009
   03:06 PM