CONCERTANTE INSTALLATION WITH KATRYN HASLER, VIOLIN // 2009

nordhoch

Concertante installation for violin, mechanized zither and electronics.
Duration: 14'06" min
Violin: Katryn Hasler

Perception of time begins to shift and alter and it is in a standstill like a stone in nature. Like the process of making a sculpture the music begins to chisel away and shapes the material; leaving only a delicate sculpture to remain. Movement begings there, which never ends.
Nordhoch is a composition reflecting not only different time perception but also convention of traditional performance. The violinist is a virtually motionless 'object' while the mechanized, self-moving zither is the primary protagonist. Slowly the borders are broken between progression and stagnation, movement and stoppage and between man and machine.

Performances:
15.01.2009 Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, Zurich