... is an hour-long performance piece combining animated paintings, spoken word, and electronic
chamber music performed by the groups Trollstilt and So Percussion.
The
animated paintings, by Judy Trueman, are framed by a whimsical
creative filter where older works of art (pieces by Matisse, Agnes
Martin, and others) are re-imagined as gardens, and then abstractly
painted and animated.
Music
by Dan
Trueman is performed with a "garden of instruments,"
including amplified tubes (the eToobs, reaching 10 feet in length!),
terracotta pots, buckets of water, toy pianos, and a big blue
wheelbarrow. A laptop is used to process these instruments and
"paint" unusual sonic textures on a set of hemispherical
speakers distributed throughout the ensemble.
Poems
by Jennifer Trueman, inspired by the writings and quotations of
these same artists, emerge from the "garden" as well,
performed by Trueman and Rinde
Eckert.
Finally, in some performances, the gardens are explored by Tara,
the performance weaver created by Tomie
Hahn and Curtis
Bahn.
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Five (and-a-half) Gardens has been performed in various stages of development at Princeton University, the Whitney Museum, Cleveland State University, and the Institute for Advanced Study; further performances are in the works, including a performance at the Third-Practice Festival in Richmond, VA, on October 19. A
CD/DVD is nearly complete and will be released by Shhh Productions in the Fall of 2007.
Development of Five (and-a-half) Gardens was supported by the New
Jersey State Council on the Arts, Princeton University's Council on Research
in the Humanities and Social Sciences, and the Composer Assistance Program of
the American Music Center.
Questions? contact Dan Trueman: dan[at]music[dot]princeton[dot]edu
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