On 17th February, we met up with Andrew in the Atrium @ Alison House in order to participate on a workshop focused on honing our live performance skills.
We began by collecting textures around Alison House, using paper and charcoal. You don’t always see the patterns when you walk along the streets, and it was interesting to see and collect them. These visual textures were then used as a starting point for sonic gestures.
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Then, we were divided into two groups and provided with loop stations, mini projectors, microphones, and other types of audiovisual equipment. With the help of the kitchen and household items we brought along with the locker of pipes, we started creating sounds. With the sounds and textures we collected, a video projected on a surface was supposed to be the result. Only one team succeeded with that.
Doing this workshop helped us explore the possibilities of performing with non-traditional “instruments”. It was a great exercise in making something out of very little. In one group, for example, we paired the grating sound of metallic kitchen utensils with the following visual textures: [need to change these from links to embedded videos/gifs]
