Saturdays
January 6, 13, 20 & 27
6 pm - midnight
Intensive Care
Miguel Frasconi
NOTES BY FRASCONI:
Intensive Care was originally created for modern dance pioneer Anna Halprin's performance event of the same name. When I first joined Anna, she and her performers were exploring the farthest edges of life, the final moments when a person passes from life into something other than life. I went on to create a music that shared this exploration of extremities, working only with very high and very low sounds. Sounds that approach the point where they are no longer sound. The combination of high and low sounds, with almost no middle range, creates a unique psycho-acoustic effect where each listener can experience their own imagined music.
The original work involves very raw and intense emotions, where the performers used their bodies to express the last moments of actually having a body. To support this I made a music that can be experienced not only with one's ears, but with one's entire body. Once this is established, the piece transitions to a music where the body is of no matter. The sounds used are from basic physical elements: air and water, glass and wood, and breath. These sounds are transformed and modified to the point where they are no longer recognized.
The installation at Diapason will be a sound-only, site-specific, re-imagining of the original work. The time frame will be expanded to enable a closer hearing of this transition from life to something other than life, from sound to something other than sound.
Miguel Frasconi uses glass objects, electronics, keyboards, and "de-evolved" instruments to create music that sounds from a uniquely imagined tradition. His glass instruments have been called "a beautiful menagerie of pealing contraptions" (Time Out NY), while his music has been called "lyrical and stormy" (New York Times). His recent activities include a new score for choreographer Alonzo King, performances with electronic music pioneer Morton Subotnick, a newly commissioned work for Gamelan Son of Lion, and concerts with the composers collective Ne(x)tworks. He is currently artist in residence at Harvestworks electronic media studios.
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