Objective Estrangement
for Organ and Amplified Harp (2022)
‘Objective Estrangement’ is a work responding to the feelings ignited by changes to the usual. It questions the massive, if not frantic need for redevelopment in our cities and takes it as source material for producing graphic scores- eg. changes in skylines, urban environment or maps. Highlighting the ‘estrangement,’ material prompting musical events falls outside the general canon- undetermined pitches or durations or semi-determined order of executing pitches aim to make the performers feel estranged from their usual practice.
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Performed by Rebecca Galian Castello (Harp) and Ján Števuliak (Organ)
Fragments from the score
Below are some scans of graphics and estranged (?) notation that has been marked on transparent paper. The performer dedicates about half a minute to each transparency. They can decide whether to read left to right or vice versa and also whether to perform only the front material or material all that is currently visible.
