Recorded at Port Authority Bus Terminal, Summer 2017, New York, NY.

For related Orchestra piece, see
https://soundcloud.com/zakargabrite/record-agentobjectplaceuse

S Terminal Stairs E Of Greyhound Ticket Station

[Untitled] 2016

13 multitracked violas with cell phone mics

For related orchestra piece, see:
https://soundcloud.com/zakargabrite/record-agentobjectplaceuse

Research Piece

Recording of premier of orchestra piece from 2018, Premiered at Riverside Church, New York, NY. 

For  source material see:
https://soundcloud.com/zakargabrite/s-terminal-stairs-e-of-greyhound-ticket-stationwav

RECORD: AGENT/OBJECT/PLACE/USE

Dirt is a piece made from field recordings - memories of places, natural and constructed - interspersed with the snippets of spoken and synthesized speech. In addition to the title, dirt as a concept is referenced in sounds like crunching soil and leaves under the feet, the sound pollution of trains, cars and construction, noisey interference in an audio signal. This representation of dirt in many forms attempts to express dirt as more than just impurity. During the 2020 global COVID-19 pandemic, disease and dirtiness has impacted how almost everyone will remember the present moment in almost every place. Exploring the concept of dirt more broadly has been a soothing process for me. It is a reminder that dirt in its many forms is also a life-giving force, it can distort but also transform and create. The guiding metaphor of this piece was of a memory, which clouds, changes, collects "dirt" over time, but simultaneously rarifies, becomes something even more personal and significant than the experience of the present ever was.

Dirt

Zak Argabrite is an interdisciplinary artist working in music, art and technology based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington New Zealand). Zak creates pieces for performance and installation and designs performance scores, handmade instruments, sculptures and circuitry. Zak’s artistic practice is varied and ever-evolving, exploring art making as a fluid and personal process that often involves learning new skills and stretching between established disciplines.

For (often more frequently updated) video documentation or more information about works visit

the youtube page:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj7ou_EvTSJfCWZvff7d4dw

the blog:
https://www.zakargabrite.com/

or works pages on the website:
https://www.zakargabrite.com/works/

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