“User Agreement” – Five movements in a prepared music field
“User Agreement”
for soprano and chamber ensemble
five movements in a prepared music field
- music composed by Ian Dicke
- Scott Christian, percussion; Mira Frisch, cello; Lindsay Kesselman, soprano; Jessica Lindsey, clarinet; Jenny Topilow, violin
- World Premiere, Monday, 21 August 2017, 5:30 pm
- Bechtler Museum, Charlotte
- Digital Arts Center, College of Arts + Architecture, UNC Charlotte
http://ejsauda.wixsite.com/prepared-music-field
The College of Arts + Architecture at UNC Charlotte is proud to announce an original composition by composer Ian Dicke for performances in a prepared music field as part of an on-going collaboration between Scott Christian of Fresh Ink and the Digital Arts Center at UNC Charlotte. The world premiere will be at the Bechtler Art Museum in Charlotte.
Our collaboration focuses on responsive architecture, an emerging concept that embraces the interweaving of space and digital media as a critical element in contemporary architectural practice and expanded musical performance venues that provide an engaging, inclusive and unique atmosphere for both performers and audience.
We have created a prepared music field that will allow the audience to move through the space using their smart phones to engage both with live performers and digitally delivered augmented pieces of the composition. Each member of the audience will have a unique listening experience depending upon their position and movement during the performance.
The spatial setting informs the prepared music field both through the diffuse spacing of the musicians and by the configuration of performances in multiple settings using topological instruction. The movement through the space affords a new method of spatial engagement for the audience.
The historical constellation of music engages the prepared music field by developing the range of instrumental, found, and manufactured sounds as media for the piece. This project fits within a tradition of innovation and inclusion that stretches back at least a century.
The technological matrix provides a new medium of engagement with the prepared music field through the use of smart phone technology to provide precise location information and to supplement or alter the live acoustics. This project uses technology to actively prepare and interact with the space.
