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All Fall Down Cover Art

Eric A. Peacock - The Remixes
Released on CD Recordable Media on October 26, 1997

Composed & Recorded October 1997

Commissioned by artist LeeAnn Mitchell for her gallery installation "all fall down..." which opened October 26th, 1997 at the Robert Lowery Gallery in Watkinsville, Georgia. The installation deals with the loss of LeeAnn's cousin to AIDS and her anger when North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms commented that people with AIDS deserved to die. The audio was designed to be looped over and over for the duration of the installation. The piece moved through four parts, most of which are ambient collage with some strong dynamics and noisy moments.

The bonus tracks are cut-up deconstructed versions of multiple tracks from A Partial Reconstruction of Days.

Tracks:

1. All Fall Down 29:34
2. Lullaby Mekanique 04:14
3. Threatening Days 02:49
4. Parallel Egg 04:18
5. Split End 03:16
6. The Pink Behind Me 05:32

Total Time= 50:03
Composed, performed, and produced by Eric A. Peacock


Leeann Mitchell's installation, "...all fall down" at the Lowery Gallery in Watkinsville, is a mammoth compilation of telephone poles, steel grating, industrial drums, cable, and eerie flashing lights arranged in a teepee-like construction accompanied by the erratic rhythms and eerie melodies of music arranged specifically for this piece, via a long-distance communication with the artist, by Eric A. Peacock. The collaboration prompts an aura of post-apocalyptic urban decay in which the construction calls to mind a sacred space assembled from the battered remains of a destroyed existence. While listening to the radio on a cross-country drive returning from the funeral of her beloved young cousin, a victim of AIDS, Leeann was subjected to one of Senator Jesse Helms' infamous spiels regarding his belief that AIDS is retribution for the "immoral" conduct of homosexuals. The artist writes, "I have never been so kicked when I was down." Ironically, the diatribe of the North Carolina senator became inspiration for a piece of art that serves as a touching tribute to a loved one lost to the plague of AIDS.

Melissa Link
Flagpole Magazine
November 5, 1997