MUSICAL WORKS

SUZUKI Kotoka / 鈴木琴香

2009

Vestigia

Birth Y: 1971 Birth C: JAPAN Gender: Female

Dest: Concert

Media Specification: Mixed music, dance, video

Commission: Commissioned by Penderecki String Quartet

Performer(s): Penderecki String Quartet, DanceTheatre David Earle, Thomas Seelig, audio engineer

Duration: 15:00 ca

Instruments: String quartet, (dancers, video) and live-electronics

Setup: Thomas Seelig, audio engineer

Media: Audio clip: http://www.kotokasuzuki.com/en/Vestigia.html

Prog. notes: Quantum physics continuously raises fascinating questions about what reality really is. Inspired by the many phenomena of quantum physics target=_blank id='activeurl'>http://www.kotokasuzuki.com/en/Vestigia.html
Quantum physics continuously raises fascinating questions about what reality really is. Inspired by the many phenomena of quantum physics, the work metaphorically explores these questions for reality, mainly of time and of the uncertainty principle (the more precisely one property is known, the less precisely the other property can be known). In this work, uncertainty between reality and illusion is constantly at play. The work is held quietly together by an electronic sound derived from a pulse used to calculate the data of the NMR machine at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo. The wave data of this pulse was transformed digitally into sound, and is heard continuously in the background throughout the work. Special thanks goes toRaymond Laflamme and Osama Moussa for giving me the inspiration for this project and for allowing me to use their data from the Institute.

Editor: M.B.

Comment: See also:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9jBSz8mecI