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Oh Jordan

Live recording at Silence Touch Test Project #2 
28/04/2024
STUPIN Qiaotou art studio, New Taipei

Composition is blending 11 synthesized melodic patterns of Nüshu chants from Southern Hunan of China, field recordings of the beeps of radiating dosimeters from Chernobyl exclusion zone, signals at Teatralna subway station and underground noise behind Independence Square in Kyiv, announcement signal of Taipei bus, and my poem triggered by Ukrainian poet Victoria Amelina's tragic death from the russian rocket in July, 2023. 
Pre-recorded mouth harp: Ping-Yen Wu
Photo: @wutsan1998

мої судини розриваються від кохання 
від болю від ніжності від провини 
нещодавно я розплакалася в твоїх обіймах 
не вперше, але вперше отак, немов
дитина 
малою я спостерігала за ластівками,
як мене вчила бабуся
тільки дідусь так умів бачити, тільки він так умів мовчати 
ми так чекали весни тоді, ми досі не дочекалися її 
не загоїли лютневі прірви болю 
не провиділи, як розучимося
пробачати 
проставити крапки над Ї 
над її прірвою 
в яку вслухатиметься колективний 
стогін 
оплакувати безголосо 
нафарбовувати вії знову після 
проковтнути повітря чуже з молитвою 
з уламками любові 
розкришеної 
розкраденої 
віри
засІяла засіЯла
пісня 
прорвалася навздогін спогадам
від ваги відваги 
не залишилося місця для спокуси
лише спокута
катам 
торішнього раю 
витравлений пігмент волосся 
видалені пухлини 
прогалини нашого мовчання 
прострілені наскрізь роки 
я заглиблююся в прихисток
сплетений із уявного 
примарного відгомону голосів
із дотику ластівчиних вій
нанесених фільтрів 
на спогад про 

05:17 04.07.2023 
Тайбей

Silence Touch live set

Prelude № 7 "Mirage"

While we cannot see small nanoscopic objects like proteins or other molecules that make up virtually all living matter including our cells, tissues, as well as pathogens such as viruses, our computational algorithm allows us to make its material manifestation audible.  This piece is a musical representation of the amino acid sequence and structure of the spike protein of the pathogen of COVID-19, 2019-nCoV (protein data bank identifier 6VSB [1]). 

MUSICAL DECEIT

A virus’ genome hijacks the host cell’s protein manufacturing machinery, and forces it to replicate the viral genome and produce viral proteins to make new viruses from it.  This musical art teaches us something about the fine line between beauty of life and death as an opposite pole.  As you listen to the protein you will find that the intricate design results in incredibly interesting and actually pleasing, relaxing sounds. This doesn’t really convey the deadly impacts this particularly protein is having on the world. This aspect of the music shows the deceiving nature of the virus, how it hijacks our body to replicate, and hurt us along the way. So, the music is a metaphor for this nature of the virus to deceive the host and exploit it for its own multiplication. 

HOW IT IS DONE: 

What you hear is a multi-layered algorithmic composition featuring both the vibrational spectrum of the entire protein (expressed in sound and rhythmic elements), the sequence and folding of amino acids that compose the virus spike structure, as well as interwoven melodies - forming counterpoint music - reflecting the complex hierarchical intersecting geometry of the protein [2].

Scientific references:

[1] Wrapp et al., "Cryo-EM structure of the 2019-nCoV spike in the prefusion conformation," Science, 2020, DOI: 10.1126/science.abb2507

[2] Buehler et al., "A Self-Consistent Sonification Method to Translate Amino Acid Sequences into Musical Compositions and Application in Protein Design Using Artificial Intelligence," ACS Nano, 2019, DOI: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsnano.9b02180

Viral counterpoint of the coronavirus spike protein (2019-nCoV)

Viral Counterpoint of the Coronavirus Spike Protein (2019-nCoV)

瑪驪雅蒳 (MǍLÍYǍNÀ)
Mariana Savchenko is a sound artist, music producer and sinologist, originally from Kyiv, Ukraine.

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