Message-ID: <alpine.NEB.2.00.1410030139280.29848@panix2.panix.com>
From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.wvu.edu>, Wryting-L <WRYTING-L@listserv.wvu.edu>
Subject: Viola, Stockhausen, Infinite Space
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2014 01:42:48 -0400 (EDT)
Viola, Stockhausen, Infinite Space http://www.alansondheim.org/caveviola44.jpg http://www.alansondheim.org/violastarcave.mp3 The viola was coupled to the floor, fed through a standard instrument mic and vibration meter; the latter's track was amplified; my movements were coupled to the three-dimensional tunneling surrounding me in the Cave. Thanks to Kathleen Ottinger for stunning visuals, Azure Carter for videography, and the Brown University Cave. I channeled Stockhausen, I channeled cries and whispers, everything through the viola in this one take. The sound, the music, is something I haven't heard before; I've taken the right track, which was stunning and I dreamed of the bow coupled to the viola, replete with cries and whispers. We worked for hours, produced new video, audio, and stills; we used radio, Alpine zither, and viola; we recorded everything, even the secret transmissions of the equipment itself.
