"The process is often before the show."
James Leyland Kirby, known professionally as the Caretaker, is an English ambient musician. His work as the Caretaker is characterized as exploring memory and its gradual deterioration, nostalgia, and melancholy. The project was initially inspired by the haunted ballroom scene in the 1980 film The Shining, the 1978 TV show Pennies from Heaven, and the 1962 film Carnival of Souls. His first several
"We were just talking about this and I dont think we did, its just natural that something works or it doesnt, you know? I would look at Ivans paintings, or he would listen to a sound and change something, and its not something thats overthought."
"I just like working you know? So I guess what gets released is just the tip of the iceberg."
"I was on before this experimental guy, Morton Subotnick- This old, 80 year-old classic experimental guy. The venues beautiful. Huge big cinema screen, and Im like What the hell can I do to, you know, wake this audience up from the slumber?, so I decided to throw myself down this staircase to begin the show, which went very well."
"Its so beautiful, because you dont really notice the soundtrack which is what I was aiming for."
"In terms of working with dementia-as a concept-I dont know, it just fascinates me, you know, memory going wrong. Theres nothing really to add. I think Im really fascinated by memory and things going wrong."
"I would expect the unexpected, I think thats always the best thing to expect these days. Thats always the motivation, expect the unexpected"