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.
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side a: a prestigious engineer dies, goes to heaven, and marvels at the construction of the golden gate
side b: lazy summer evenings at sunset spent with friends chamber pot blues
supported by 9 fans who also own “Between Systems and Grounds”
My humanities professor showed me this piece and i cannot stop coming back to it. Something deep and alluring of this piece keeps me wanting more. Absolutely one of my favorite cuts from last year. Ra!
Recorded after overcoming serious physical issues, joy and und radiate from every note of trumpeter Steph Richard's incredible new LP. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 23, 2024