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Work Overview
This piece takes inspiration from writings on ontological systems in chaos magic. Bill Whitcomb's The Magician's Companion and the works of Peter J Carroll were important. Also important was Alain Badiou's assertion that "mathematics is ontology". The piece consist of three sonic meditations or games. Each explores different ontological paradigms.
'0: Nothingness', invites an exploration of 'emptiness as form'. A meditation on the concept of all things resonating out of nothingness. Within this ontological system, any and all sounds (or lack of sounds) have arisen from the void. Playing or not playing constitute a manifestation of emptiness. No one plays.
'1: Everything', invites an exploration of the hierarchical nature of monological ontological systems. (In particular monotheistic ones.) They explore a strict hierarchy, with one point of origin. One player plays.
'2: Dualisms', explores a Taoist-influenced notion of dualisms. One form begets another. Two forces play off each other. In this section, players alternate sounds (and breaths). They sound is 'taken over' as smoothly as possible. But can then go wherever the performer likes.
Work Details
Year: 2019
Instrumentation: Any instrumentation.
Difficulty: Text score.
Commission note: Commissioned by Luís Tasso Athayde Santos
Contribute submitted styles, genres, influences, etc:
text scores, exploratory music, improvisation, experimental music, meditation music.
Performances of this work
Aug 19: Christ Church, Claremont, Perth
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