Procedural Concert #1

I’m thinking about using kickstarter to create procedural concert.  I want to hire about 10 cellists and have them improvise using a given scale.  Each cellist will have their own giant box (shaped like intonarumori) to perform inside of.  I want them hidden from view.  The idea is to create more of an installation than a concert.  Patrons will be encouraged to explore the space rather than sit in one spot.  I will change the lighting of the room and  each color will trigger a different scale.  For example, when the room turns red, cellists switch from hirajoshi to D minor.  These are the only instructions given.  The music will be chaotic but never dissonant.  The idea is to create a work of music that is generative, spatial, acousmatic, aleatory, and synesthetic.  LA is in dire need of an avant-garde movement.  Why should Berlin and NYC have all the fun?  Kickstarter incentives = thanks + name on pamphlet, recording of installation of cd, recording on tape, recording on vinyl, one of the Intonarumori (sculptural box), own personal installation, and lastly signed instructions+ all of the above.  Ideas? Suggestions?  Know any cellists?

Published by Fahad Baseer

Experimental Musician. Artist. Thinker.

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