A Momentous Quartet of Strangeness and Charm
The installation was first shown at Newent's Secret Gallery throughout the summer, 2019, as part of the Newent Art Competition Exhibition.
Never having liked the format of performers set apart from an audience, I wanted to explore the idea of an emersive musical experience. The result is a string quartet with 'found' video accompaniment.
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The music is placed in an environment such as an art gallery so that listeners can treat it as an artwork - can listen and look for as short, or as long a period as they feel like. The experience becomes a musical encounter rather than a formal performance.
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The quartet is inspired by quantum-mechanical principles, running time about 25 minutes. Here are the four movements:
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