MUSICAL WORKS

ZHOU Dong

2015

Silkworm

Birth Y: 1992 Birth C: CHINA Gender: Female

Dest: Concert

Performer(s): Pipa: Chen Fan; Performance: Dong Zhou; Video： Yuguang Zhao

First perf.: 20.06.2015 in Shanghai Conservatory

Duration: 6:10

Perf. Country: CHINA

Instruments: for Pipa, one performer, live electronics and video

Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6QlOE1Lr-s

Prog. notes: Tangled nostalgia and hostility are nibbling her heart. She tried to end the pain, but indeed became the source of the pain. She is the reason, also the result. She is like a silkworm, binding herself but can not metamorphose. After all finished, only the cyclic pain is accompanying her to nirvana.

This piece is for Chinese instrument Pipa, dancer video and interactive electronics. Part of electronics is related with dancer’s movement.

Editor: MB