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Biosynthesis 2.2
I had the desire to understand and better reflect the evolution of life. Through documentary research I learnt that theory suggests that a combination of liquid water, underwater volcanic activity and energy from the sun, caused primordial chemical reactions, that contributed to the emergence of the first life on earth. As part of my composition course requirement, our class had to perform in small ensembles using electronic sound synthesis only. Upon observing the instruments the peers in my ensemble were preparing, I realised we could potentially attempt to reflect the creation of life.
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Early draftThe above draft was made editing existing photos of the sun, ocean ice and explosions. The underwater volcano images (blue figures at bottom of score) were cropped from public domain footage of an underwater volcano.
To the left of the above imageis a reflection of the formation of the rocky earth (cropped from a photo of a mining explosion). In the middle is an ice age (believed to help more complex life evolve). At the right is pink ocean. Supposedly the Earth’s oceans were overtaken by algae, which turned the ocean pink. |
Ensemble performance
There was no instruction on what to play for performers. They were free to interpret the parts as they chose. The score draft was merely a guidline on when to play.
Gabbi Fusco interpretted the sun. Eduardo Cossio became water and Ice, Brendan Cummins was the underwater volcanoes. The sonic visualisations were blended into the draft score to form the spectrum score. |
incorporating
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