Atlas Eclipticalis by John Cage sits on my stand. I look at it across the room. There's some sort of connection with this shot, but I'm not sure what it is yet. Sometimes, things have to go to ground for a while and sit in a burrow before they make sense.
I see something score-like in this beach find. And there's no surprise, really, as the next shot shows part of the musical score I am learning to decipher.
It's a visual feast. And a piece with a history - used in work choreographed by Merce Cunningham. The title is taken from star maps found in an astronomical atlas. Tracings for these maps onto musical staves determined musical pitches and orchestral "constellation" events in the piece.
Atlas Eclipticalis by John Cage sits on my stand. I look at it across the room. Already, I'm lost in time and space.
8 comments:
this all seems so right! the music sheet, although a foreign object in my world, looks extremely exciting and challenging - I love having a visual challenge in front of me that is a mystery and the idea of solving it is always exciting to me xox
Hi Jeane. Thanks for dropping by. You're not kidding about what this looks like!! I played a lot from graphic scores in my student days, but this is something else entirely. And this is only a small part of my part. Each player has their own set. Hoping the mystery starts clearing when we start rehearsing. Ax
I love your words "Already, I'm lost in time and space" Fascinating absolutely fascinating!!
Hi Mary Ann. Thank you. We'll see how it goes - first rehearsal tonight. Lost in time and space - that might just be the motto of my life!!
What a fascinating score Annie - it looks like another language anI love that it holds all sorts of information that will guide people- it just doesn't tell me what it is! Sounds like a wild adventure that you're on - enjoy!
Hi Fiona. Thanks. Yes, it looks unlike others I've played from, so I'm going to need some help to interpret it from the player instructions! Hope it will feel better once we start hearing it. Be interesting to see the whole sweep of my part tonight.
A great reminder to always be open and inquisitive - to make connections between things that might not obviously connect - to find art, words, music, pictures in any and every unlikely place.
Hi Jem. Thank you. Yes, I think so. As you know, I'm a great fan of finding wonder in the everyday and the ordinary. It was great to hear this score tentatively coming to life last night.
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