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In behape the sonic spectrum of two clarinets (1 clarinet in Bb,
1 bass clarinet) are combined with their
electroacoustic derivates. Two loudspeakers are set up, one speaker behind
each musician.
The composition
deals with fundamental questions of connecting acoustic and visual information.
Can we always trust our eyes, do we hear what we see, how easily can our
perceptual system be tricked?
Both musicians
play their instruments without amplification, but throughout the course
of the piece acoustic and
electroacoustic sounds get intertwined more and more, tricking our senses.
All electroacoustic sounds are untreated
sound samples of clarinet playing. Sometimes certain tones are faked by
the musicians by performing the respective
visual gestures only, yet the actual sound is projected from a loudspeaker.
By creating an ambiguous perceptual situation
where visual and acoustic elements sometimes don't match, the usual predominance
of visual information is abolished.
First
performance by Petra Stump and Heinz-Peter Linshalm at Echoraum, Vienna,
March 2006
WIth support by SKE-Fonds, Austria.
behape
has been performed at Neues Kunsthaus Ahrenshoop, Germany on September
29th, 2006
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