[ proximity miniatures | pre-compositional experiments ]
For various instruments
Footage collected in various Trinity Laban practice rooms, September-December 2011
As part of my research, I experimented briefly with the idea of creating a piece that would be experienced in close proximity with the performers. I created a few miniature draft pieces to test this idea before applying it in a larger piece. To do this, I asked the performers to improvise and change their sound – fluctuating in dynamics, texture, intensity and density – according to how close to them I, acting as an audience member, was in the space.
These short sketches are included in this website because the ideas the draft pieces were exploring served as the raw material that led to the creation of all of the pieces in this portfolio of compositions. I do not consider them completed pieces in this form or even thoroughly formulated concepts. The video provided is a collection of excerpts from various rehearsals, edited so as to give a rough idea of the pre-compositional, rehearsal process and the basic concepts tested in them.