Projecting Form, Investigating Distance
(2023)
author(s): Agnese Cebere
published in: HUB - Journal of Research in Art, Design and Society
This exposition describes a process of investigating projection of form as a bridge between near and far, physical and virtual, anchored in the production of what I call “handheld devices” and a multimedia performance. It explores sympathetic dwelling in the crevices of the clay forms in relation to the smooth openness of the built environment of scientific and institutional space exemplified by the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact at the University of Oregon which graciously hosted me for a Center for Art Research Project Incubator residency and fellowship in 2023. In this text, I take up concepts of information and noise, distance and intimacy, affordances and the dynamics of action.
(Re)Phrasing—Shaping Music with Modern Instruments 2022-2026
(last edited: 2024)
author(s): Christian Stene
This exposition is in progress and its share status is: visible to all.
This project aims to demonstrate how the affordances of modern musical instruments can influence phrasing. My goal is to expand on our understanding of these affordances and how this affects the way we express musical ideas.
Phrasing is how a musician shapes music. Phrasing is the performer's musical language and is strongly linked to how well one masters one's instrument and can communicate musical ideas and interpretations. Instrumentalists have seen technical developments and innovations over hundreds of years, leading to the instruments we use today. Modern orchestral instruments are often very different from their historical predecessors with the development generally being in the direction of more evenness through the registers, larger volume, and projection . The methodology of playing is also highly focused on evening out the idiosyncrasies of the instrument to make all notes through the registers have the same shape. But what happens when everything sounds the same? Has phrasing become a victim of evenness?
This project uses a period boxwood instrument, modern boxwood instruments, modern mopane instruments, and modern grenadilla instruments (which are the norm today) as tools for research on phrasing. By switching tools between these instruments, I have identified and related various techniques to establish how the affordances of the different instruments can influence phrasing.
Research questions:
1. What is the relationship between phrasing on a period instrument and a modern instrument?
2. How can phrasing from a period instrument be transferred to a modern instrument?
3. What is the future of phrasing on a modern instrument?
Self-shelter Stories
(last edited: 2024)
author(s): Ana Paula Figueiredo
This exposition is in progress and its share status is: visible to all.
"Self-Shelter Stories" is a series featuring five self-portraits with projected images. The project originated from a selection of photos captured during the program, which individually reminded me of shelters but lacked connections among themselves. The cohesion is achieved by transforming them into self-portraits, simultaneously revealing both the author and the depicted scenes. References from Francesca Woodman and Vivian Maier influenced the self-portraits, while Spanish artist Martina Martencio served as inspiration for the projection elements.
This exposition describes a process of investigating projection of form as a bridge between near and far, physical and virtual, anchored in the production of what I call “handheld devices” and a multimedia performance. It explores sympathetic dwelling in the crevices of the clay forms in relation to the smooth openness of the built environment of scientific and institutional space exemplified by the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact at the University of Oregon which graciously hosted me for a Center for Art Research Project Incubator residency and fellowship in 2023. In this text, I take up concepts of information and noise, distance and intimacy, affordances and the dynamics of action.open exposition comments (0)
"Self-Shelter Stories" is a series featuring five self-portraits with projected images. The project originated from a selection of photos captured during the program, which individually reminded me of shelters but lacked connections among themselves. The cohesion is achieved by transforming them into self-portraits, simultaneously revealing both the author and the depicted scenes. References from Francesca Woodman and Vivian Maier influenced the self-portraits, while Spanish artist Martina Martencio served as inspiration for the projection elements.open exposition comments (0)