byron westbrook
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CORRIDORS
began as an improvised project using heavily processed guitar feedback drones
sent to separate amplifiers placed in a circle, and has developed into composed
15-30 minute works for 5+ channels of audio and video. (a recent performance
utilized ISSUE Project Room's 16-channel system plus additional amplifiers.)
The emphasis of the project is less on linearity and more on using the redistributed
energy of sound and light in space to alter perception.
In performance, multiple speakers or guitar amplifiers are placed around a room
in a triangular or circular arrangement. The available PA systems in the performance
space are used in addition, often allowing for use of both vertical and horizontal
axes. Works are adapted for each performance space and there is often a new
piece created for each performance.
Audio elements usually consist of either guitar feedback processed live or pre-recorded
'musical' type performances or sounds from nature, pre-processed to reduce them
to something resembling the pure energy of the source material (as opposed to
resembling the source), then redistributed live through the performance space
via multi-channel system with additional processing to cater to the composition.
Video elements are always sources of light, again processed to reduce them from
location and identification as object, leaving only the essential energy and
movement.
download a performance diagram HERE