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The general presentation of these performances is studied according to the place of representation and the architectural possibilities which it offers. In general, the frontal scene/public report/ratio is eliminated with the profit from an INSTALLATION on the surface available. On a basic level which could be that of an anatomical board of the Encyclopaedia of Diderot, these machines are installed in order to reconstitute an overall body.
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| The taker of sounds It captures the sounds of the machines by a choice of three different processes: cell, direct or micro catch. The selected sounds are retransmitted on line by radio wave towards a sampler. The musicians isolate the sound matter which interests them then allot it in the digital keyboards. It then becomes possible to play on keyboard a sound of machine heard in room a few seconds before and to accompany it. The musicians complete a work of "pure" improvisation since the matter even of the sounds which they will treat their remainder unknown factor until the last moment. |
| In repetitions, the musicians are prepared on principles of setting in situation. Each machine is initially analyzed in order to seize exactly the various stages which characterize it:
sound structuring: setting in space, evolution of movements etc. The report/ratio at time: duration of each movement, accelerations, pauses, silences etc. The constitution of the sounds: frequencies etc. The nature of the sounds: struck, rubbed, gripped etc. According to these principles, the required objective will be a sound prolongation of the machine which they accompany in correspondence. |
A partition will be prepared in a following way: |
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| SOUND | SOUND RECORDING | NATURE OF THE SOUND | SPLIT | PITCH |
| 1 | CELL ON RAIL | AVANCEE OF THE CARRIAGE | C1 / C3 | -24 |
| 2 | POLE ON CARRIAGE | MECHANISM OF LEVEE | C#3 / C4 | -12 |
| 3 | DI ON QUADRANT | CORDS PIANO | C#4 / C5 | 0 |
Sensitive sensors are laid out on a body. This one, through its movements, will start a program of sounds referring to parts of sound anatomie.Une study of frequencies determines each sound:
The "Sensors" are placed in the center of the installation referring, by the parts of the body chosen, with each machine represented. They personify "the overall body". |
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