Small Inner Spaces IX
Audioscoring Postscriptum Wolman
Mosswood Sound Series, Small Inner Spaces IX Audioscoring, 15. Oktober 2023, Foto©CorneliaCottiati
I Pfeiffsumm
II Postscriptum (Audioscoring 1)
III palatal kkkk
IV Luftmegaphon
V Souffle (Performance)
VI Pfeiffsumm
VII palatal kkkk
VIII Postscriptum (Audioscoring 2)
IX Megaphonie
Material
Audioscore: Postscriptum, Gil J Wolman, 1952
Kopfhörer
Megaphon,
Schlauch, Plastikfolie
Mikrophonständer, Notenständer
Dauer: 31`
Introduction
I am interested in the histories and practices of experimental voices and vocal sounds. In my PhD, I researched the writings and performances of the Lettrist movement in post-war Paris. Lettrist poetry is essentially spoken poetry, and Isidore Isou (1925–2007) was its leader, with Gil J. Wolman (1927–1995) and François Dufrêne (1930–1982) being prominent members. Lettrists regarded poetry as the „Art of the Arts.“
I researched the lettrist and ultra-lettrist poetry by focusing on their performance practices, using my „Audioscoring“ method. Audioscoring, as the name implies, involves listening to a score instead of reading it. I examined the experimental voices by learning from them, understanding how these voices are created, and documenting my observations in a studio logbook as I recreated what I heard. Tonight, I will perform ‚Postscriptum‘ as an audioscore, a solo voice piece by Gil Wolman created in 1951. ‚Postscriptum‘ is three minutes long. In addition to the piece, you will hear breath and articulatory elements in line with Wolman‘s theory of ‚Megapneumie,‘ the theory of the ‚Big Breath‘.
