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Treatise on violence

by Francisco Eme

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Goutha 05:56
It was cold and it was dark I had one eye closed, the other half open From Damascus to Beit Sawa from Harasta to Ein Tarma it rained fire. Fire from the sky it rained fire oh! it burned faces, it melted buildings complete families burning in the streets. i heard a loud explosion I heard another one and electricity is gone The third one hit us and (it all went dark) Ghouta, once a sprawling oasis, was the Garden of Eden.  And now, it's perhaps the closest thing to hell on Earth.
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Treatise on Violence
Treatise on violence is a project focused on legalized violent practices that we as a society have created in the name of civilization, highlighting the violent ways in which our capitalist, misogynist, racist, imperialist system functions. Inspired by the book: ̈Violence Terrorism, Genocide, War ̈ by Wolfgang Sofsky, in this work I intend to question the effectiveness of our political and legal systems and the structure of our culture.
Originally, Treatise on Violence was meant to be presented as a multimedia concert, product of my artistic residence at Bread and Salt, San Diego in 2019. Unfortunately, said concert was cancelled because of the 2020 pandemic. The project includes music compositions, sound installations, multimedia performances, sculptures and photographs. As a bonus, I have included original audio field recordings done at the residency space, which used to be a bread and salt factory. These recordings were used as sound sources for the compositions in this album, and are free to use as samples, for musical or artistic purposes only.
Download the samples at: franciscoeme.com/tovdownload/
States, armies & police forces are meant to bring security to their society but in order to do this they have been granted the power of the legal use of force. Sadly, this force is often misused against those who were meant to be protected. In our culture, there are groups who are granted the authority to be violent and in certain circumstances, permitted to commit atrocities that could involve thousands of deaths. Others, although not legally allowed, benefit with impunity from our system.

Thanks to: Naila and Monica for being in my life and so supportive. Thanks to Bread and Salt: Tom, Isabel and Jim for trusting me and my vision. Thanks to Anishka, Bonnie, Wilfrido and Monica for their infinite talent and invaluable contribution. Thanks to my family and friends for being around me in these dark times. Thanks to my community for raising their voices, fighting and standing against the violent system that surrounds us.

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released April 8, 2021

Composed, produced, recorded, mixed and mastered by Francisco Eme. Recorded at Bread and Salt & BedClub Studios, San Diego, CA between 2019 - 2021. Mixed and mastered at BedClub Studios. All rights reserved.

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Francisco Eme San Diego, California

Francisco Eme is a composer, producer and sound artist from Mexico City, currently living and working in San Diego California. In his music Francisco includes everyday sounds, acoustic instruments as well as processed and pure electronic sounds. His compositions are often reflecting social cultural and political subjects from our contemporary society. ... more

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