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"venus" was performed at the Phoenix Cultural Centre in Sydney on 30 September 2023, by ELISION: Peter Neville, Marshall McGuire and Ben Ward, conducted by Tristram Williams. Recorded by Richard Hundy and mixed/mastered by RB.

"venus" is a component of the ensemble composition "elsewhen", which itself forms part of the conglomerate composition "PSYCHE". The title refers to the prehistoric figurines with stylised female forms (like the well-known “Venus of Willendorf” in the illustration). It isn’t known whether they were sculpted by men or women or both and for what purpose, although they do seem to embody the origin of what subsequently evolved in human culture as a sense of aesthetic beauty. This composition is so to speak “sculpted” from a musical material which remains mostly consistent in terms of pitch-range, placing the contrabass in its extreme high register almost throughout.

venus (2018-19) for percussion, harp and contrabass

Here's a little story about opening a refrigerator and going on a trip around the universe. I did this around 1986 or 87 when I was in 8th grade. I used a Roland Juno 106, electric guitar, Ibanez Digital Delay, a mixer and two tape decks.

A. Trip

Christian Kemper, oboe
Eduardo Spinelli, klarinette
Stereo fixed media prepared and recorded by Philipp Blume
Uraufführung, 10. März 2016

Titelbild: Brion Gysin

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live recording, first performance

Weston Olencki, trombone
Eric Wubbels, prepared piano

St. Peter's Church, Chelsea
New York, NY
June 10th, 2016

contraposition  IV. NEGATIVE

contraposition  III. RASTER

contraposition  II. ESSAY

live recording, first performance

Weston Olencki, trombone
Eric Wubbels, prepared piano

St. Peter's Church, Chelsea
New York, NY
June 10th, 2016



contraposition I. IMAGE

This piece was created for Emma Sulkowicz's solo exhibition "The Floating World" at The Invisible Dog (up 03/10/18-04/22/18), and draws on the thematic elements found in the exhibition. The installation centers around the term Ukiyo, or “the floating world.” This term describes the hedonistic culture of Japan’s Edo period, but it is also homophonous with the Buddhist term for “this world of sorrow and grief.” As Sulkowicz describes it:
The Floating World is an exploration of the meaning of support.  When people experience pain or trauma, their loved ones “hold them together” and “lift them up.”

The original iteration of the work is cyclical, and played on a loop during the exhibition. This version of the piece is slightly altered so that it has a distinct beginning and end.

More info: http://theinvisibledog.org/the-floating-world-by-emma-sulkowicz/

The Floating World

Mark Lorenz Kysela plays "schöner leben 7" (2011)
Recorded 04/2012 at ZKM Karlsruhe by Sebastian Schottke
Released on "Eins+" by Gruenrekorder
Textwork provided by Mara Genschel

schöner leben 7 ("Äußerlich auf dem Damm, aber verkorkst im Innern." - D.F.W.)

In the background of this broadcast, you can hear a recording from the 1978 Darmstadt Summer Course for New Music. This audio material was taken from a lecture by the composer Hxxxxt Lxxxxxxxxn. It is immediately apparent that the recording quality is not good. Glitches, background noises, and low digital resolution render the speech almost completely unintelligible.

However, this relationship can also be seen from the opposite perspective: the composer’s speech is disturbing the continuity of the noise.

In the following excerpts, the vocal sounds of the recording will be manipulated, covered, or completely eliminated. When the composer is thus removed, the sounds unintentionally captured by the recording medium become the actual musical material.

This piece was published on the CD "8 Gefühle – a tribute to Helmut Lachenmann" by EM Medien (EMCD-031)in 2015.

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