Josh Spear and Caitlin Rowley’s piece for solo percussionist and live electronics, From the Exquisite Dark, premieres as part of ‘Visitors - Acts ’n Sounds 09’, a performance of works by Bastard Assignments in collaboration with Ensemble Garage, including premieres by Edward Henderson and Timothy Cape, as well as pieces by Natacha Diels and Eduardo Frank.

From the Exquisite Dark uses the low-latency audio response of a Bela Mini nanocomputer with multichannel expansion to respond to signals from contact microphones attached to an assortment of objects. As percussionist Yuka Ohta drags, strokes, hits and swirls various objects, the sounds we hear from them are not the sounds we expect. The piece uses the uncanny effect of this cognitive dissonance to playfully consider ideas about the cycle of consumerism.

More information available about the performance (in German) on the Facebook event here →

From the Exquisite Dark was commissioned by Ensemble Garage and has been created with the support of Cyborg Soloists.