Soundlines (2016 [2008])
for piano quintet and electronics
By João Renato Orecchia Zúñiga
In 2008 I was commissioned to musically interpret a drawing by Johannesburg visual artist Marcus Neustetter depicting the Johannesburg skyline superimposed over the staff. I redrew the outline into a sequencing software and assigned several “instruments” to play in unison as well as to control the cutoff frequency of a low pass filter. The result was somewhat random and chaotic.
The drawing acts as a graphic score that will be transposed over several layers, taking on different shapes as the various transpositions overlap. Each musician will follow the same line, though the contours of that line will bend or resist bending in different ways for each player. The result will be unpredictable to some extent, akin to the overlapping of multiple transport routes, telephone lines, electrical wiring, mobile signals, etc.
2 окт 2024
