Saturdays
February 2, 9, 16, 23
2 - 8 pm
Michael J. Schumacher
Glacier
a sound installation in 4 Parts, and
Living Room Pieces : "excerpts"
GLACIER
was composed during a stay near Glacier Lake in Nederland, Colorado this
past summer.
GLACIER consists of 4 sections, each with a distinctive sonic character,
mood, feeling. Each section is made up of 13 modules, (a module being
defined as a specific sound as well as the process used by the computer
to execute the sound). The parts arenŐt executed sequentially, rather,
the computer allows a certain number of modules from each section to turn
on in various combinations. The more modules from a section that are on
at a given moment, the more that section's character imbues the whole.
Over time, the sense of the individual sections emerge, though they may
rarely or never be heard entirely alone.
LIVING
ROOM PIECES provides a framework for engaging sound. It is not a piece
of music in the familiar sense, though pieces of music are a part of it...
Sounds
in LIVING ROOM PIECES are autonomous modules that enjoy a high degree
of independence from each other. The organizing principle is the alternation
between sound and silence in each module, which follows its own path through
time, existing in the space as an entity with a strong individual identity.
Sounds intermingle in continuously shifting ways, providing new contexts
for each other, masking and reinforcing each other. LIVING ROOM PIECES
is permanently installed in an apartment in the Chelsea Hotel, where the
resident lives with the piece 24 hours/day. It was recently presented
by Singuhr Gallery in Berlin in an apartment in Prenzlauer Berg, open
to the public.
for more information on Michael J. Schumacher please go to his website: www.michaeljschumacher.com
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