Trial of Harmony and Invention: Winter
Media Installation2 video projectors, 2 laser players and synch unit, disco ball, 4-channel audio
Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, 2001
Pittsburg Filmmakers Gallery, 2003
New Langton Arts, San Francisco, 2003
Pittsburg Filmmakers Gallery, 2003
New Langton Arts, San Francisco, 2003
Projected images of planes, butterflies, and altimeters reflecting off
of a rotating disco ball, multiply and swirl across the walls. On the
floor a large, slowly spinning projection—crashing waves, a public
monument, a swimming girl—counters the rapid pace of the dozens of tiny
wall images. The audio score combines 24 different performances of the
“Winter” Concerto of Vivaldi’s “The Trial of Harmony and Invention.”
The performances are layered so that they all end on the same note,
thus because each performance has a different running time, they begin
at different points. The resulting composition is rich in harmony and
rhythmic complexity.