:
Istantanee I (1995) : |
Circular
aeolian harp (diameter cm 100) exposed to the wind with no human interaction |
var.
45' ca. / 1st perf.: Trebnitz
Castle (1995) |
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| »In
1995, at the end of a "Sommerakademie" I directed in Trebnitz
near the east Prussian border with Poland, I had the idea of placing one
of my circular aeolian harps (one-meter in diameter) in the open. Trying
to use the sheer action of the wind, I recorded the result of that action
without any kind of meddling, i.e. without trying to impose the slightest
modification on its sonic course. By using such a procedure, I was referring
metaphorically to snapshots ("istantanee" in Italian) as if such
automatic recordings were to be considered as the phonic equivalent of a
camera. As a result of this, occasional noises occurring in the surrounding
countryside were integrated (a far-away barking dog, faint screeching of
swallows and so on) as well as other occurrences I had no control over,
although potentially forseen or – let’s say – wished for
by myself, at least in their potential state: the light bouncing of a rubber
band, of a bug, a gnat or even a blade of grass against the harp strings;
or a low string, not taut enough, hitting again and again against the next
one.« Mario Bertoncini
See: ISTANTANEE II and III |
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