I. Under the bell jar
II. Mother I need you
III. Flight
II. Mother I need you
III. Flight
Exploring the idea of broken communication, I imagined this work as an attempt, by the player, to articulate a language that might be understood by the listener. Throughout the work, the player attempts a range of articulations; which are simultaneously re-iterrated and transformed by digital effects. Through whispers, breath, humming and bird song, she tries in vein to bridge the gap between the abstract and the indicative.
A simple proximity-to-microphone setup captures the players musical gestures. Playing a note close to the microphone will activate a set of effects, while moving away fades them out. Using this method, the player can move through the written material while naturally integrating the electronic effects with idiomatic performance gestures.
There are several effects that the performer can control, including fading samples in or out, feeding input to delay effects and activating the digital doppelganger (created with a combination of max programming and WIVI software). The arrangement of these effects are determined by built-in sequencing within the Max patch, however adjustments can be made accordingly via the supervision of a soundengineer if needed.