Far

Fells, N. (2005) Far. [Compositions]

Abstract

Far is a piece for four instrumental improvisers and laptop made in 2005 as part of the allocation dynamics project at Glasgow’s Centre for Contemporary Arts. It explores relationships between pre-composed and improvised sound materials using an archetypal musical ‘growth’ form. The laptop is used to process instrumental sound and create textures that are spatialized around the ensemble and the audience – performed in the round, the piece places the audience in the same sound-space as the musicians, creating a cohesive social-sonic environment. The piece was also performed as part of Lautwechsel in 2005 at the Gasteig centre, Munich. The allocation dynamics project was funded by the AHRB project Chaotic Gestures: Sculpting Sound and Animation in Performance.

• Item Type: Compositions
• Status: Published
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Fells, Professor Nick
• Authors: Fells, N.
• Subjects: M Music and Books on Music > M Music
• College/School: College of Arts & Humanities > School of Culture and Creative Arts > Music
• Publisher: Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow; Gasteig, Munich

Project Code	Award No	Project Name	Principal Investigator	Funder's Name	Funder Ref	Lead Dept
38705	1	Chaotic gestures - sculpting and sound and animation in performance	Nicolas Fells	The Arts & Humanities Research Board (AHRB-POST)	B/SG/AN8623/APN	CCA - MUSIC