Do Knot Undo
for piano & live electronics
Performance at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, London on 27th February 2013.
Performed by Kristin Sofroniou & Andreas Papapetrou
Composed by Andreas Papapetrou
Software programming by Matt Watt
Filming by Carmen Zografou.
This is a piano and live electronics piece for two or more performers. The performers take turns playing on the same piano. They play short improvisations based on the score. These are then reproduced and processed by a MaxMSP patch (programmed by Matt Watt for this piece). The patch processes the sound with filters and and extremely long delay effect (using irregular timings), stacking up to 10 different layers of samples until a cloud of repeated sounds builds up. The performers operate the patch by means of a foot switch, choosing when to record news sample and adjusting the density of the layers. When the performers are not playing on the piano they take a piece of yarn, tie one end on the piano and the other end somewhere in the room (including tying it on audience members). This is constantly repeated in order to create a giant "spider web" around the instrument, thus literally entwining performance space, performers and audience members throughout the the event.