Surface to Air A Performance-Installation by Dan Senn Osrodek Sztuki, Lublin, Poland April 20, 2006 Program (see performance photos) Zákaz Vstupu (2005) for video. 9' (see video)
This video was
commissioned by MamaPapa, producers of KLADNO + - ZÁPORNO,
a festival
held in the once thriving industrial area of Kladno, The
Czech Republic, about 50 kilometers
from Prague. The video was shot and edited over a 24
hour period in September of 2005.
Uncovered States (2006) for Quad Surf'lings, Quad Rattles, Corn Rattles. (hear recording) 20'
Live Sculptural instruments are controlled using subaudio frequencies in the 0-9hz range.
Wisconsin Air (2005) for video. 14' (see video)
An experimental
video work which explores the surface of a discarded bath tub
and sink as
rediscovered in the back yard of the composer's childhood home
in Watertown, Wisconsin.
Rybanaruby (2005) for pre-recorded and live lyde instruments. 20' (hear segment)
- lyde performers, Dan Senn, Waldemar Tartarczuk
This work was
composed for Rybanaruby, a popular tea room and performance
space
in Prague. Lydes are Tibetan bowl-like instruments made
from found pot lids with tunings
unadjusted. In two recent performances, Portland (August) and
Prague (September),
masses of these were played through the narrow street corridors
of by volunteer
players organized into "Space Bands." (Lyde is
the Danish word for "sound.") For this
performance, Rybanaruby will explore the sonorities
of these continuous ringing instruments
as they combine in layers of pulsating overtones and undertones.