Orbital Resonance
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Poet: Ben Gwalchmai
Composer: David Josiah Moore
Tenor: Luke Tracey
Viola: Drew Balch
Bass Clarinet: Gustavo Dominguez Ojalvo
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We've been isolating issues of stillness and spatial difference while exploring themes of space, The Other in an abyss, orbital resonance, and the ageing processes of time.
We wanted to explore the bigger concepts in parallel with [and through] a human experience that enforces understanding of said larger concept. So while I have isolated stillness and David spatial difference, Luke has been isolating a human understanding of the main voice in the text. Though it wasn't written into the initial intention of poem, there has grown a slight suggestion of our singer's character being on the edge of a mental abyss, ready to fall or leap.
Having these issues at the forefront of our minds whenever we're collaborating or organising to meet has meant that the ideas are reflected in the practice - orbital resonance (the celestial mechanics of orbiting bodies that exert gravitational pull on each other) is reflected in every time we want to meet up and try to find a good time for us all; spatial difference too; the human character affects when we'd like to meet as well as when we can meet and so time passes and we see, reflected, our themes in our praxis.
The images below are creative commons licensed schematics that inspired us when considering how we approached creating our piece.
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Preparing Orbital Resonance
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