![]() Tristan Shepherd contributed a personal interpretation of Robert Ashley’s piece “String Quartet Describing the Motion of Large Real Bodies” in which the bow strokes are slowed down, but maintained with high pressure – to the speed of planetary movement. Suzanne Thorpe was participating from across the continent, absent but present with her instrumentation – electromagnetic pick-ups, flute and electronics – and reacted to what she could remotely perceive from the performance space at Eyebeam. The 3 approaches are overlaid simultaneously and intertwined to form the piece. The performance consisted of 3 different imaginary approaches towards this global phenomenon – these forces that are present & influential but rarely directly perceptible – the earth’s natural electromagnetism. ![]() A sound piece for Douglas Kahn’s Earth Sound Earth Signal book launchīy Suzanne Thorpe, Tristan Sheperd (w/ Eric Silberberg) and Daniel Neumann. ![]()
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