byron westbrook

byron westbrook

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