Recording Movement

For the initial stage of my piece, I recorded myself moving to the last track I used for my performance in Vienna. I created a circle with eight markers to represent the speakers in the octophonic ring. Additionally, I set up a strobe light to immerse myself further in the space and get closer to the mindset and atmosphere in which I usually perform. I tend to be quite disassociated while performing and moving to music; it feels very subconscious. However, I have recognized consistent patterns that I am sure will inform the composition of my piece. Generally, due to exhaustion, I lose control of my limbs, and movement becomes more disorderly as I keep dancing. My body begins to lose a sense of unified movement as the adrenaline spikes, and I become more tired. I also tend to move to the floor and lie down, grind, and use slow, more comprehensive movements with my upper body when I hit peak levels of exhaustion and, notably, when my music has moments with really wide pads and drawn-out bass notes. These are all elements that I am sure will inform the writing process, and abstracting these physical and emotional states is an element to consider with the sound design I use in this piece. I will continue to examine this video and transcribe and generalize the patterns of movement displayed to write the piece as choreography and directionally in the context of spatial audio. The thing I desperately wish to avoid is for it to feel static and for the spacial context to feel forced; it is essential I create a presence within the octophonic ring that moves dynamically, similar to my own movement.

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