The same principle as the blindfolded piano only with more people, each choosing a note and then playing it with decreasing tempo whilst blindfolded and wearing ear protection.
A solo take on the blindfolded piano. 3 piano parts were played and recorded by myself in isolation, each being one key played ever more slowly. Over this was an improvised piano piece. Mixed, played back via laptop.
A piece composed in Reason which plays a simple chord progression and then it’s ‘beat equivalent’, playing tempos proportional to the wavelength of each note. The tones and beats are then mixed in an exploratory composition.
Three people sit at a piano blindfolded and wearing ear protection. Each chooses a key and on a cue they starts hitting it. They gradually slow down the playing of the key until they stop on another cue. Performance time usually around 5 minutes.
Experimental sounds generated with PureData layering multiple descending sine waves – from a few waves up to several thousand – exploring the tipping points between noise, tone and beats and the meditative effect on the listener.
For this performance I sat before the audience with a soft lighting rig on me and partially on them, also seated. Upon standing up I started clapping rapidly and gradually slowed it minute by minute until each clap became uncomfortably far apart. After 8 minutes I stopped with the last gap between claps lasting approximately one minute.
A series of questions were left on a tree in Port Meadow for customer feedback on the tree’s performance for the local council.
Mike and I worked together to trap the audience in a circle of leaves formed by moving them around with our feet. Â This was a good education in communication and was a lot of fun, despite the wet feet.
The beginnings of a poem were left on a tree in Port Meadow with a pen as an invitation to contribute.
An audio piece multilayering a week of recordings preparing breakfast.
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