GOLDFISH VARIATIONS for two performers
Michaela Davies
Goldfish Variations, Eugene Goossens Hall ABC, 2014. Image courtesy of Decibel New Music Ensemble.
A rule-based score comprising a set of instructions for two performers, the musical outcome is determined by the movements of a goldfish. Some parameters are pre-determined (e.g. performers must chose notes from the same whole tone scale), while other parameters (e.g. pitch, articulation and dynamic variation), are determined by the movements of the goldfish. Visible to the outside world but separate from it, the goldfish goes about its goldfish activities, unaware that its actions are being interpreted by its observers to create outcomes beyond its control.
Goldfish Variations, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, 2015. Image courtesy of Decibel New Music Ensemble.
Goldfish Variations was commissioned by Decibel New Music Ensemble for After Julia