Between Systems and Grounds, by Paula Matthusen and Olivia Valentine

Between Systems and Grounds

by Paula Matthusen and Olivia Valentine

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1.	I 07_12_16, 4_00 pm, Rabun Gap, GA (real-time [insects, summer breeze, bobbins, feedback]) 06:15	buy track
2.	II 07_13_16, 11_17 am, Rabun Gap, GA (time-compressed [bobbins, feedback]) 00:56	buy track
3.	III 07_17_16, 1_40 pm, Rabun Gap, GA (real-time [insects, summer breeze, bobbins, feedback, distortion]) 05:30	buy track
4.	IV 07_17_16, 3_05 pm, GA (time-compressed [wind, insects, bobbins, feedback]) 00:59	buy track
5.	V 07_17_16, 8_12 pm, Rabun Gap, GA (real-time [thunderstorm, bobbins, feedback, delay]) 07:10	buy track
6.	VI 07_17_16, 8_12 pm, Rabun Gap, GA (time-compressed [thunderstorm, bobbins, feedback]) 00:56	buy track
7.	VII 07_21_16, 4_38 pm, Steuben, WI (real-time [insects, birds, bobbins, feedback]) 03:55	buy track
8.	VIII 07_21_16, 4_38 pm, Steuben, WI (time-compressed [insects, birds, bobbins, feedback]) 01:03	buy track
9.	IX 07_21_16, 5_40 pm, Steuben, WI (real-time [electric fence, insects, bobbins, feedback]) 05:02	buy track
10.	X 07_21_16, 10_00 pm, Steuben, WI (time-compressed [frogs, bobbins, feedback]) 02:10	buy track
11.	XI 07_24_16, 10_27 am, Steuben, WI (time-compressed [silo, birds, bobbins, feedback]) 01:05	buy track
12.	XII 07_24_16, 11_45 am, Steuben, WI (real-time [silo, lawnmower, birds, bobbins, feedback]) 06:03	buy track

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Forming intersections between interior resonant spaces and outdoor environments through durational performance, between systems and grounds brings into relief the slow and deliberate practices of lace-making with the spontaneity of live-electronic music.

between systems and grounds is a collaborative, durational performance and installation project developed by composer Paula Matthusen and visual artist Olivia Valentine that creates a feedback loop between textile construction processes and feedback-based electronic music, two generative systems that are otherwise quite different in approach.

In these sessions ambient sounds were sought out and incorporated as part of the gradual improvisation process. As a result, room resonances excited through feedback blend with momentary variations in the environment such as a summer thunderstorm, frogs singing in the distance, or the buzz of an electric fence.

check out the Between Systems and Grounds Website: betweensystemsandgrounds.com

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released November 30, 2018

Paula Matthusen: electronics
Olivia Valentine: textiles

Mastered by Nathan James, Vault Mastering
Album art by M.Wright thisisindex.com

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