Siloscapes was a live performance that I produced in 2008, alongside a great team of creatives. The performance took place in an old sugar beet silo at Cupar Arts Festival in 2008; one of the most amazing spaces I've ever worked in, as well as being visually interesting it had audio interest too, with 8 seconds of natural reverb (a singer's dream).
I used a visual image of the surrounding horizon line to create an abstract visual score which helped guide the hour long improvisation. The score was split into four sections relating to points on the compass (eg: north-east; east-south; south-west & west-north). There were four performers alongside myself, each had an individual score corresponding to the compass point at which they were based during the performance; the abstract visual score (portrayed by white dots on a black screen) was played to them via a TV screen and the only rule given was that “if there are no dots on the screen be silent”, beyond this rule each performer had full creative control, interpreting the score in whatever way they wished.
During the performance I was based near the centre, occasionally free roaming, playing some pre-recorded interviews with The Robertson Family who used to work in the sugar beet factory, and joining in with some digital sound and vocal improvisation. The audience listened to the performance from the ground floor listening and watching screens displaying the live video footage of us performing in the chamber above. Watch the short exert below:
Thanks to the performers: Jon Adam | Craig Arnott | Eilidh Gylnn | Chris Marr | Cat Lee, and of course to the Robertson Family. Thanks, also, to the documentary crew led by Vilte Vaitkute, to Cupar Arts Festival for inviting us to perform and of course to everyone who came along to listen. :-)
Other Live Performances
During the 'Kill Your Timid Notion 10' festival, I performed as part of the Resonance Radio Orchestra in a piece called "Overheard (Suspension of Belief Sketch" 4). It was great fun to perform in this live improvisation, you can read more and watch it here: https://vimeo.com/231891201. (Incidentally I also led the documentary crew for this festival - an amazing team of volunteers who helped collect videos, images and sound to help archive the creative endeavours at this unique 'boundary-pushing' festival. Thank you to all of you who helped).
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