A Core and yet Absent: Using Electroacoustic Technology to Mediate between String Quartet and an Ancient Text

Hunt, Edmund and Dooley, James (2021) A Core and yet Absent: Using Electroacoustic Technology to Mediate between String Quartet and an Ancient Text. In: International Computer Music Conference 2021, 25th - 31st July 2021, Santiago, Chile.

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Abstract

Different Islands, for dancer, string quartet and live elec- tronics, began as a project to investigate creative ap- proaches to an Old English text known as Wulf and Eadwacer. By embedding the untranslated text within disparate elements of musical composition, dance and live electronics, the project seeks to explore the text through its thematic content, sound, and structure. In choosing not to present the text in its translated form, the project intends to focus on the ambiguous, layered and fragmentary nature of the poem. Rather than presenting a definitive translation, the creative re-presentation of the poem allows it to remain open to different interpreta- tions. In developing this project, the analogy of the text as a fossil provided a useful starting point. Electroacoustic technology, in the form of analyses and live electronics, provides the medium into which the textual ‘fossil’ leaves its imprint. This paper focuses on the development of the composition and electronics.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Dates:	Date Event 1 July 2021 Accepted 31 July 2021 Published
Subjects:	CAH25 - design, and creative and performing arts > CAH25-02 - performing arts > CAH25-02-02 - music
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts, Design and Media > Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Depositing User:	Gemma Tonks
Date Deposited:	13 Nov 2024 11:57
Last Modified:	13 Nov 2024 11:57
URI:	https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/15959

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