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 choose 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.
PROJECT DETAILS
DATE : 2014
MEDIUM : composition, instructions for live art performance
DURATION : variable
PERFORMANCES
After Julia, Monash University Music Auditorium, Melbourne, 2017
After Julia, Sue Benner Theatre, Metro Arts, Queensland, 2017
After Julia, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth 2015
After Julia, Eugene Goosens Hall ABC Studios, Sydney, 2014
Commissioned by Decibel New Music Ensemble for After Julia