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Re: [microsound] electronic performance
Hi Damian,
That's a really interesting question. I think both your ideas so far
address the performance aspect, and wouldn't be out of place in a more
general setting. However, I'd be interested also in how to address the
specifically 'electronic' issues, and getting people to think about
their means. One thought maybe to try and make participants leave their
comfort zones - forcing them to do improvs on very stripped down, or
alien set-ups, or find ways of interacting that they may tend to do less
of because their performance environments make it difficult.
Seeing as many of us, to greater or lesser extents, perform with
customized, idiosyncratic arrays of technology, we'll be building-in our
own assumptions about what it may be desirable to be able to do (in
addition to whatever assumptions are already present in pre-rolled
technologies). I've been looking just recently at some of the scores for
Christian Wolff's free instrumentation pieces, and its been really
interesting (for me) to compare his assumptions about what kind of
manoeuvres and interactions instrumentalists have at their disposal, and
how few of those are easily available in any of my current performance
configurations.
I'd be most keen to hear what you come up with, or attend an actual
workshop, if that's what you're working towards.
Best,
Owen
Damian Stewart wrote:
question:
if you were running a workshop on performance techniques using electronics
(focussing on sound but including some other media, perhaps peripherally),
what would you do?
ideas so far:
1- explore narrative through graphic scores - everyone is given a simple
graphic score and is given a couple of hours to work something out then a
five minute solo performance to the rest of the group of their
interpretation of it. aim being, to develop skills to stop your audience
getting bored and drifting into that oh-yeah-i-need-to-email-that-person
head space. followed by group critique.
2- explore interaction between performers - group divides into pairs or
trios, each pair/trio does a five minute improv performance to the rest of
the group with the aim being to focus on rapid-fire 'conversations' or
improvised games a la a free-jazz sax vs percussion duel. followed by group
critique.
others..?
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