Rhythm Study (2016)
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Improvised soundtrack to a video of improvised movement by Nicola van Straaten. In the first part of the piece, the rhythmic scraping of Nicola’s trainers on concrete provide a counterpoint to sounds I made with two hands (clapping, skin-on-skin friction), which later gives way to an instant composition on a prepared piano. I recorded the soundtrack on a handheld recorder in one take per section and subsequently loosely transcribed the sound into two “scores.”
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Presented at the Joburg Fringe (2016) and at the National Art Gallery of Namibia in Windhoek as part of a group exhibition titled Conversations (2016), where the score was purchased. The score was also published in the Rhythm issue of Any Body Zine.