Australian Music Centre | Breaking sound barriers

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Work Overview

This piece is in the memory of Paul Virillo, whose book Art and Fear (2003) was a huge influence on my thinking. In his 1991 book The Aesthetics of Disappearance, Virilio traces out the relationship of biological optics to technologies of "production of appearance." This piece tests this idea with audibility, rather than optics. Perceptual gaps create illusions of continuity, where I attempt to highlight the paradox of empiricism in acoustic science as a kind of "motion without mobility," as Virillio attempts in his book with optics.

Work Details

Year: 2018

Instrumentation: Lapsteel, viola, cello, double bass (or any 3 low strings), percussion, organ and sub tone.

Duration: 10 min.

Difficulty: Medium — graphic score

Contents note:  

Dedication note: Dedicated to Daryl Buckley. In memorium Paul Virilio.

Commission note: Commissioned by Elision Ensemble.

The composer notes the following styles, genres, subjects etc associated with this work:
animated notation, graphic notation, acoustic and electronic instruments.

The score should be read in the Decibel ScorePlayer application on an iPad (which provides parts), or as a video score. The audio is embedded in the score and can be played out of the score player of video file.

DOI: 10.26180/5f323c55322fc.