Viral Reality: Interim Show
This was my first performance in front of a large crowd. I combined my largest painting to date with a controvertial edit of one of my favourite songs "All In My Head" by Tori Kelly. The conventions I was challenging were those of a standard acoustic break up song with a catchy melody. Utilising elements of surprise and humour, I played with the idea of allowing my message to become interwoven and somewhat hidden. The jilted lover protagonist singing displays signs of cognitive dissonance as they are constantly refusing to accept reality, therefore I wanted to cause the audience to become unsettled at first with my seemingly random interjections of lyrics. When I got to the bridge of the song by that point most of the audience had became aware that I had a message to convey.
Potential song lyrics in progress lyrics:
Into the thrall of the night
Overtaking your cognition
It melts your brain inside
This point it ain't superstition
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Addictive, driven by
Instant gratificatio-on
Lingering you ask why
This was even your intention
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Enraptured in euphoria
Blindly leading the way into
Empty rooms of hysteria
How you wish you knew, had a clue
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Ask yourself why you dont
Ask yourself enough it's coz
You're scared of what you will find
What demons lurk inside
You want them to remain untouched
But soon they'll come to the surface
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This is a studio demo of Viral Reality sung with a piano instrumental.