The plan was that today’s post would be announcing a live performance of a new work, on the 6th November, stemming from the Animal Faith research I’ve been doing. But unfortunately because of the new restrictions the concert has to be postponed for a while. But here’s a bit of information on it anyway. It’s called Uexküll and is a four movement fixed electronic composition over which myself and other performers will improvise. It’s about 40 minutes long, and I uploaded the fourth movement in a previous post. You can listen to it here.
I’ll be joined by Claudia Risch (bass clarinet and flute) and Anna Barth (dance), and there will also be projected visuals, created my myself. For my own part the improvisational elements will center on live manipulation of recordings from the speculative sonic bestiary that I’ve been working on. Added to this will be some live resonant percussion and synths. It’s sounding and looking really good in the rehearsals so I’m looking forward to it whenever it happens. We were lucky enough to be able to use the very spacious hall at Refugio so it will be a great space to perform in, especially with Anna’s movements central to the piece.
The images above are part of the costume design for the performance. It’s algae that Anna took from a lake and dried. In real life they look like incredibly delicate shawls. Very beautiful. Yet more Lovecraftian intimations…