Curious Perspectives
by Joe Frawley
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Artificial magic
04:24
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Tiresias' walk
04:34
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Anamorph
01:58
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The building itself
03:32
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Radius OA
02:55
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Ghost in the mirror
03:15
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Theresa's walk
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A face in the landscape
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Meditation
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Lost frescoes
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In the grotto
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Le tombeau de Niceron
05:28
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about
This work uses as a launching point advanced theories of artistic perspective- namely by the French mathematician and painter Jean Francois Niceron, who wrote about the anamorphic distortion of images in the 17th century. Anamorphosis is the art of geometrically distorting a painting, drawing, etc., to the point at which it becomes unrecognizable. The distorted image can then only be seen correctly by viewing it from an unusual vantage point, such as from an extremely narrow angle of vision. The use of mirrors to both distort images and correct image distortions is key to many anamorphic works. This music is both an homage to Niceron and an exploration of mirror-image dualities and distortions, geometric deviations, and altered perspectives both artistic and psychological.
The recording was conceived as two distinct and complementary album "sides": Side A is a suite of related pieces, meant to be listened to in a single, unbroken sequence. The tracks on side A are dense, richly layered, and tending towards dark and vexing emotional states.
Side B, conversely, consists of individual tracks, not directly related to one another. Though many of them restate material from Side A, they are lighter, more sparse, and more 'ambient' in nature.
The music is inspired by the research of Professor Agostino De Rosa, and the Imago Rerum group of University IUAV (Venice) (www.iuav.it/Ateneo1/docenti/architettu/docenti-st/De-Rosa-Ag/--risultat/collettivo/index.htm).
Side A
1. Artificial magic
2. Tiresias' walk
3. Anamorph
4. The building itself
5. Departure / Dark geometry
6. Radius OA
7. Ghost in the mirror
Side B
8. Artificial magic (reprise)
9. Theresa's walk
10. A face in the landscape
11. Meditation
12. Lost frescoes
13. In the grotto
14. Le tombeau de Niceron
The recording was conceived as two distinct and complementary album "sides": Side A is a suite of related pieces, meant to be listened to in a single, unbroken sequence. The tracks on side A are dense, richly layered, and tending towards dark and vexing emotional states.
Side B, conversely, consists of individual tracks, not directly related to one another. Though many of them restate material from Side A, they are lighter, more sparse, and more 'ambient' in nature.
The music is inspired by the research of Professor Agostino De Rosa, and the Imago Rerum group of University IUAV (Venice) (www.iuav.it/Ateneo1/docenti/architettu/docenti-st/De-Rosa-Ag/--risultat/collettivo/index.htm).
Side A
1. Artificial magic
2. Tiresias' walk
3. Anamorph
4. The building itself
5. Departure / Dark geometry
6. Radius OA
7. Ghost in the mirror
Side B
8. Artificial magic (reprise)
9. Theresa's walk
10. A face in the landscape
11. Meditation
12. Lost frescoes
13. In the grotto
14. Le tombeau de Niceron
credits
released 01 November 2011
Performers:
Joe Frawley, piano and sound collage
Greg Conte, prepared electric guitar on 'Artificial magic' and elsewhere
Mélanie Skriabine, reading and lullaby singing
Rachel Rambach, whispering and vocalizing
Music composed by Joe Frawley, with the exception of the following musical sound samples:
'Fox Lemons' by mememolly
'Divertimento for String Orchestra' (Sz.113 BB.118) by Bela Bartok
'Untitled Improvisation' by Greg Conte
'A la claire fontaine', French traditional
Ms. Skriabine reads from Nicéron, Jean François. 'La perspective curieuse, ou, Magie artificielle des effets merueilleux'. Paris, 1638.
Cover image by Joe Frawley.
2011, JFM-CD11
www.joefrawleymusic.info
Performers:
Joe Frawley, piano and sound collage
Greg Conte, prepared electric guitar on 'Artificial magic' and elsewhere
Mélanie Skriabine, reading and lullaby singing
Rachel Rambach, whispering and vocalizing
Music composed by Joe Frawley, with the exception of the following musical sound samples:
'Fox Lemons' by mememolly
'Divertimento for String Orchestra' (Sz.113 BB.118) by Bela Bartok
'Untitled Improvisation' by Greg Conte
'A la claire fontaine', French traditional
Ms. Skriabine reads from Nicéron, Jean François. 'La perspective curieuse, ou, Magie artificielle des effets merueilleux'. Paris, 1638.
Cover image by Joe Frawley.
2011, JFM-CD11
www.joefrawleymusic.info
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Joe Frawley (b. July 4, 1971) is an experimental composer & pianist, working out of New London, Connecticut, whose works ... more blur the boundary between music and sound art. By layering and juxtaposing original music with processed found sounds, field recordings, and recontextualized speech fragments, the composer creates challenging yet accessible sound assemblages bearing a hypnotic dreamlike quality. less
discography
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Jul 2007
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