copyright
© 1996, rev 2002 by Larry Solomon copyright
© 1996, rev 2002 by Larry Solomon
In
full light, the performer begins playing a constellation (complex chord), pulsing
individual notes of the chord over the whole range of the instrument, moving
arms, hands, and body. The pulses should not be evenly spaced, but the chord
should remain constant.
A bright
strobe light begins to pulse slowly, at the rate of a heatbeat, focused on the
performer. House lights are slowly dimmed. The player continues playing notes
in strobe light only.
Strobe
and performer continue with same pace of motion, but striking notes less and
less. The sounds become gradually thinner (more widely spaced in time) but the
performer's motions continue as before, as if playing the same number of notes
but missing some. (Some of the notes become silent.) The result should be sounds
and pulses of light that are no longer necessarily coordinated.
The
performer becomes silent, continuing motion without any sound in the slow strobe
light. A series of still "shots" of the performer in different positions
is created.
The
strobe slows down more and more, until just darkness. Strobe off.
A constellation
of regular sound pulses emerges gradually (in volume) in darkness via an offstage
piano or a recording of the instrument. The performer exits invisibly and silently
in darkness. Only sounds here.
Spot
light is raised on the space where the performer was while the tones continue
to pulsate.
End
by cutting spotlight and sound simultaneously.
