Metal Petals
Metal Petals is a musical puzzle.
Overview
The performer creates a musical composition by twisting, cutting, and gnarling flower petals made out of metal. Shaping the metal petals shapes the sound.
Sound
The sound begins as chaotic incomprehensible noise. The performer tames the noise by shaping the metal. The performer’s job is to shape the composition into something the audience can enjoy.
Materials
The metal petals are made of light thin metal sheeting, such as aluminum. The performer shapes the metal petals with tin snips and a hammer.
The Process
As the performer snips and shapes the metal petals, the sounds of working the metal are incorporated into the musical composition. The sound at any given moment is a stylized reflection of the shape of the “flower”. The performer reacts and adapts to changes in the sound in an improvisatory way.
a cacophony of metal upon metal and heavy breathing or a rhythmic and stylistic masterpiece?
what notes of what instruments are programmed or is it only the sound produced that reflects back through recorders and players? can you change meter, tempo? what other efx can you do? Can you plug it into a wah wah?
what if you pissed on the rose…would the tinkle’s sprinkle make musac?
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the idea that it could use only the sound produced working the metal would be great, but doesn’t fit the idea I’m going for in this particular performance piece. The concept is to “uncover” a hidden melody in a barrage of noise, so in this scenario a melodic instrument is necessary instead of just idiophonic banging.
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