Chris Swithinbank

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always extra folds of birds of paper and you could move your finger along the length of them and have witnesses

With thanks to Renee Gladman for her Calamities, from which I borrow this title. Thank you to Carolyn Chen for her ants and screams, to Sivan Cohen Elias for her vibrant webs, and to Clara Iannotta for her determined play.

Stage set-up for the first performance.

Stage set-up for the first performance with Yarn/Wire.

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Work Details

Duration

variable

Instrumentation

  • small tables
  • EBows
  • string insrument bows
  • rosin
  • glass marbles
  • ball bearings
  • bowls and similar containers
  • bamboo steamer
  • plates
  • corrugated conduits
  • a grand piano
  • a pencil
  • thread
  • tin foil
  • paper clips
  • C-clamps
  • adhesive felt
  • guitar machine heads
  • scrap wood
  • 6 condenser microphones
  • 4 powered monitors
  • 10 XLR cables
  • mixing console

Performances

  • WP 18 March 2017

    Yarn/Wire, Paine Hall, Harvard University

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