100 Sketches

Episodes

1. 8

   Sketch #7: Mic Number Circles

   Kenneth swings the microphone, preferably in a precise trajectory. Külli recites random numbers, preferably with optimal timing. The sound is run through a delay effect, which later on morphs into a comb filter effect, tuned to various chords in A...

   Jan 20, 2020
2. 7

   Sketch #8: Growl

   The main focus of this sketch is on processed voices. Each microphone is given a separate treatment: delays, pitch shift, amplitude modulation or reverb. The movements arise from heavy, vocalized breath, playing with a common rhythm through weight...

   Jan 5, 2020
3. 6

   Sketch #6: Desert Thinking Space

   The movements are based on constantly finding, navigating and letting go of different logics: anatomical, geometrical, experiential, imaginative. The sound is triggered by MiniBees, and is based on granulating live recorded audio samples. Every ti...

   Dec 15, 2019
4. 5

   Sketch #5: Doubling

   The movements were first created using physical responses to touch. Secondly we framed this in a pattern of walking, adding a sense of urgency and chasing each others' impulses. The sound is triggered by MiniBees, and is based on 1) granulated rec...

   Dec 15, 2019
5. 4

   Sketch #4: Partnering

   The movements are constructed and fixed based on a game based on pushing, yielding, leading and giving resistance. The sound is triggered by MiniBees, and is based on FM synthesis, generating C notes in different octaves with a modulation frequen...

   Dec 15, 2019
6. 3

   Sketch #3: Earthulator

   The movements are based on pushing into a common, dynamic center; full body engagement; and continuously changing the points of resistance. The sound score is based on recordings of bare feet stomping on the dance floor. These are processed throug...

   Dec 15, 2019
7. 2

   Sketch #2: Granular Trumpet

   Short snippets of recorded trumpet and piano sounds are granulated and triggered with movement sensors attached to the wrists and ankles of the performer. The movements are based on a feedback loop between full-body listening to and creation of t...

   Dec 13, 2019
8. 1

   Sketch #1: Granular Piano

   Short samples from Arvo Pärt's Für Alina are granulated and triggered with movement sensors attached to the wrists and ankles of the performer. The movements are based on a feedback loop between full-body listening to and creation of the sounds...

   Dec 12, 2019