Kate Bush has drawn parallels between the work of French Impressionist painter Claude Monet and synthetic intelligence in her newest Christmas message.
Within the message, revealed on Bush’s web site, the singer reveals that she visited the Monet exhibition London: Views of the Thames, which is at the moment working on the The Courtauld Gallery in central London. The exhibition, which closes on January 19, contains numerous work begun between 1899 and 1901, on three separate visits to town.
“It made me smile to learn that though he sketched them whereas he was in London, he took them dwelling and completed them off in France,” writes Bush. “Ha ha! So all is just not because it appears – that sun-starved pink was truly lavish Giverny pink.
“Is that us? Standing in awe on the daybreak of AI, the image of modernity, as smog was for Monet at the moment within the newly industrial London? Can we solely see the twinkling mild of the brand new invention, which so typically catches the attention of our creativeness… and what are these imprecise, darkish sardonic shapes we will see within the background, behind the theatrical gauze?
“It’s onerous to make them out, however might they be our human pods, like these from the Matrix, being readied for us by keen, playful digits? Or perhaps they’re freshly painted bridges – sturdy, and lovingly constructed to hold us all right into a a lot longed-for new age of wholesome considering?”
In sometimes cryptic style, Bush ends by saying, “All will likely be revealed when the smog begins to clear.”
Elsewhere in her message, Bush thanks followers for his or her response to the quick animated movie she launched earlier this 12 months. The four-minute Little Shrew (Snowflake) was soundtracked by a brand new edit of Snowflake, which initially appeared on the Bush’s 2011 album 50 Phrases For Snow, and was launched in help of Struggle Youngster, the charity that raises cash to help kids in conflict-affected areas.
“It’s been actually thrilling to see the splendidly optimistic suggestions to the Little Shrew animation,” says Bush. “Thanks a lot to all of you who made a donation to Struggle Youngster. They’ve been completely delighted with the response.”
Talking with the BBC’s At present programme when The Little Shrew was launched in October, Bush hinted that new music is perhaps on the horizon.
“I’ve been caught up doing a whole lot of archive work over the previous couple of years, redesigning our web site, placing a lyric e-book collectively,” she stated. “I’m very eager to begin engaged on a brand new album once I’ve obtained this completed. I’ve obtained plenty of concepts and I’m actually trying ahead to getting again into that artistic area. It’s been a very long time.”
