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Live Sound and Light Performance
La Monte Young, voice
Marian Zazeela, voice
Jung Hee Choi, voice
sine wave frequencies
Marian Zazeela, voice
Jung Hee Choi, voice
sine wave frequencies
multi-channel video installation
Light Point
drawing with
pinholes
black wrap, translucent paper, fresnel lights, video
In the transcendent setting of videos, multi-layered, video-lighted drawings and mobile paper-compositions with heavy incense smell, the three vocalists improvise over the implied tonic that changes imperceptibly throughout the performance of the composition, in which the linear superposition of 77 sine wave frequencies and 6 channels of voices are set in ratios based on the harmonics 2, 3 and 7, imperceptibly ascending toward fixed frequencies and then descending toward the starting frequencies, infinitely revolving as in circles, in parallel and various rates of similar motion to create continuous slow phase shift with long beat cycles.
The relationship of the vocalists' improvisation to the drone continuously elaborates the musical meaning of the pitch, creating a compelling, harmonious construct that draws the listener into a profoundly contemplative world.
"eternity
taking a form of ephemeral presence that is infinitely variable"
New York
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