Vertical Music
for twelve musicians filmed at high speed, 2012
Vertical Music is the first in a series of pieces I've envisioned that use high-speed recording equipment to capture musical performance. This work, a 4 1/2 minute long chamber piece for twelve players, was designed to be listened to at 1/10th its original speed (roughly 45 minutes). Recorded using 300fps cameras and high definition audio recording, this work, along with The Marigny Parade and Fashionably Late For The Relationship, looks at alternative ways of viewing the documentation of a performance as an artform in its own right, with potential for the exploration of time, nuance, and gesture.
