NEUMANN SHEPERD THORPE - TECTONICS OF ABSENCE
OCT
2013
Eyebeam
NYC
Tectonics Of Absence - live
A sound piece for Douglas Kahn’s Earth Sound Earth Signal book launch
by Suzanne Thorpe, Tristan Sheperd (w/ Eric Silberberg) and Daniel Neumann.
Performed at Eyebeam, NYC
Oct 17 2013
Broadcast at WaveFarm
The performance consisted of 3 different imaginary approaches towards this global phenomenon – these forces that are present & influential but rarely directly perceptible – the earth’s natural electromagnetism. The 3 approaches are overlaid simultaneously and intertwined to form the piece.
Suzanne Thorpe was participating from across the continent, absent but present with her instrumentation – electromagnetic pick-ups, flute and electronics – and reacted to what she could remotely perceive from the performance space at Eyebeam. Tristan Shepherd contributed a personal interpretation of Robert Ashley’s piece “String Quartet Describing the Motion of Large Real Bodies” in which the bow strokes are slowed down, but maintained with high pressure – to the speed of planetary movement. Only accidents caused by the high friction and the tension of the string were actually producing a sound. The part of Daniel Neumann was to create a room tone, an environment that is charged and ubiquitous, and was created with signal flaws and feedback near the borders of our range of perception.
by Suzanne Thorpe, Tristan Sheperd (w/ Eric Silberberg) and Daniel Neumann.
Performed at Eyebeam, NYC
Oct 17 2013
Broadcast at WaveFarm
The performance consisted of 3 different imaginary approaches towards this global phenomenon – these forces that are present & influential but rarely directly perceptible – the earth’s natural electromagnetism. The 3 approaches are overlaid simultaneously and intertwined to form the piece.
Suzanne Thorpe was participating from across the continent, absent but present with her instrumentation – electromagnetic pick-ups, flute and electronics – and reacted to what she could remotely perceive from the performance space at Eyebeam. Tristan Shepherd contributed a personal interpretation of Robert Ashley’s piece “String Quartet Describing the Motion of Large Real Bodies” in which the bow strokes are slowed down, but maintained with high pressure – to the speed of planetary movement. Only accidents caused by the high friction and the tension of the string were actually producing a sound. The part of Daniel Neumann was to create a room tone, an environment that is charged and ubiquitous, and was created with signal flaws and feedback near the borders of our range of perception.