On Saturday I performed a short extract from An Audio Guide to Varo’s Harmony. This was presented at a networking event for artists in the Eastern region working with live art, and took place in the studio theatre space at The Junction, Cambridge. It was a great opportunity, as it made me select just five out of a potential eleven objects to talk about, and to simplify the format for a low-tech get-in. And actually, I think it has improved the piece. I had previously presented all of the sounds in a final pre-recorded composition at the end of the piece, which was going to become a live-looping section in later performances, but now I have performed it as a live series of noises in quick succession I think that might make more sense. It also has the potential for more audience participation (volunteers taking on specific assigned noises), which was what I had originally intended. Funny how it takes a few months to work out all these possibilities…
Junction performance of An Audio Guide to Varo’s Harmony (extract)
Well, it’s been a while. Obviously I went to Edinburgh in the meantime, and had a blast. I did actually write quite a lot about it on my other blogs http://www.oneminutebirdwatching.com and http://www.hearapindrophere.com as I went along, and I have also contributed a post (about incorporating chance into my work) to The Peripatetic Studio, which is a blog by Viccy Adams and Samantha Silver and is “dedicated to the spaces we work in and how they impact on the creative work we produce”.
http://theperipateticstudio.wordpress.com
It was great to be asked to write about a specific aspect of my work so soon after Edinburgh, because it helps with the withdrawal! It was wonderful being a full-time artist for just over a week: days were full of performance and research, and nights were full of video and sound editing in the flat. I had said in my GFTA application that I wanted to treat Edinburgh as a residency, and that is what it felt like.
So, onwards. I now need to perform ‘An Audio Guide to Varo’s Harmony’ twice more before March, according to my proposal, and thankfully I have just been invited to perform an extract this Saturday at The Junction in Cambridge, as part of the Mad Artists Tea Party. It’s a great opportunity to try out an idea I’ve had for the structure. I want the final “this is what all the objects sound like altogether” bit to be created live, rather than as a pre-recorded composition, and so I am going to try out a section in that style on Saturday. Fingers crossed…
http://www.junction.co.uk/artist/4755
