ONE 2022 UK / Video and Improvised Music
This is an extract of a live guided improvised performance by Orchestra NEw at Cafe OTO, London.
Film / Graphic Score by Livia Garcia
Music by Orchestra NEw
1 April 2022
Khabat Abas, cello; Sofia Vaisman-Maturana, cello; Isidora Edwards, cello ;Shama Rahman, sitar; Shima Kobayashi, chromatic harmonica; Emi Watanabe, flutes; Caroline Kraabel, alto sax; Dee Byrne, alto sax; Sue Lynch, tenor sax, flute, clarinet; Cath Roberts, baritone sax; Charlotte Keeffe, trumpet Rosa Theodora, piano Greta Pistaceci, theremin and electronics Lara Jones, soprano saxophone.
Orchestra NEw was formed by saxophonist Caroline Kraabel in 2022. The Orchestra was made up of all women musicians and the concert on 1 April 2022 at Café OTO, London was to raise donations for Ukraine. I made a film-score based on one of my line drawings which the Orchestra improvised and performed to during the concert. The following texts are some guides that I gave the musicians prior to the performance.
First part (about 2 minutes 30 seconds). The number of ONE signifies unity. Red lines are symbols of chaos and changes.
Second part (about 2 minutes). Note the three circles would go in sync and out of sync. Think about how to represent this with sound. Red dot: moves from space into barriers and back to space again. Arrows – could be to do with volume but one is pointing down, i.e. contradicts the other two. Maybe one instrument starts to quiet or slow down? When you see a dash moving across the page, that’s pretty much the end of the piece. ONE stands strong in the middle at all times. These are just sketches of thoughts to get people thinking. Feel free to interpret and express.
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All Things Being Equal 2020 UK / Video and Sound
Film / Graphic Score by Livia Garcia
Music by Dave Tucker – Electronic
2020
This is a piece made during lockdown in collaboration with Musician Dave Tucker. Dave came up with the music in response to my animated graphic score which was made in 2019 and which had been performed live by other musicians previously.
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Steakhausen First Collaboration 2020 UK / Video and Sound
This is the first collaboration of Steakhausen – Marcello Ruggiu / Stromfeld Slewdem / Livia Garcia. A creation made during lockdown with Stromfeld’s sounds, Marcello’s collage of these sound fragments, led by my visuals.
Film / Graphic Score by Livia Garcia
Music by Marcello Ruggiu / Stromfeld Slewdem – Electronic
2020
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A Visual Symphony I 2019 UK / Video and Sound
This is an extract of a live guided improvised performance at the exhibition A Visual Symphony I at hARTs Lane Studio Gallery, London.
Film / Graphic Score by Livia Garcia
Music by Catherine Pluygers – Oboe
2019
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A Visual Symphony II 2019 UK / Video and Improvised Music
This is an extract of a live guided improvised performance for the 22nd London New Wind Festival at Schotts Music Shop, London. I assigned each symbol to an instrument beforehand but the musicians were free to interpret what the movements of the symbols could mean in terms of the sound they produced.
Film / Graphic Score by Livia Garcia
Musicians:
Catherine Pluygers – Oboe
Neil Metcalf – Flute
Adrian Northover – Electronic
Susanna Ferrer – Violin
Sasha Millwood – Piano
Alan Tomlinson – Trombone
Henryk Sienkiewicz – Horn
Ian Mitchell – Clarinet
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The Silent Improviser I 2017 UK / Graphic Score and Improvised Music
Musicians:
Catherine Pluygers – Oboe
Neil Metcalf – Flute
Adrian Northover – Soprano sax
Sue Lynch – Tenor sax
Sylvia Hallett – Violin
Pierpaolo Martino – Double bass
Adam Bohman – Amplified objects
The drawing was presented as a graphic score as part of the London New Wind Festival on 5th December 2017 where musicians improvised to visual art work by Paula Garcia Stone, Adrian Northover, Martin Harrison and Livia Garcia at IKLECTIK Art Lab, London.
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The Silent Improviser II 2017 UK / Graphic Score and Improvised Music
Musicians:
Catherine Pluygers – Oboe
Neil Metcalf – Flute
Adrian Northover – Soprano sax
Sue Lynch – Tenor sax
Sylvia Hallett – Violin
Pierpaolo Martino – Double bass
Adam Bohman – Amplified objects
The drawing was presented as a graphic score as part of the London New Wind Festival on 5th December 2017 where musicians improvised to visual art work by Paula Garcia Stone, Adrian Northover, Martin Harrison and Livia Garcia at IKLECTIK Art Lab, London.
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The Silent Improviser III 2017 UK / Graphic Score and Improvised Music
Musicians:
Catherine Pluygers – Oboe
Neil Metcalf – Flute
Adrian Northover – Soprano sax
Sue Lynch – Tenor sax
Sylvia Hallett – Violin
Pierpaolo Martino – Double bass
Adam Bohman – Amplified objects
Graphic Score : Livia Garcia
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The Silent Improviser IV 2017 UK / Graphic Score and Improvised Music
Musicians:
Catherine Pluygers – Oboe
Neil Metcalf – Flute
Adrian Northover – Soprano sax
Sue Lynch – Tenor sax
Sylvia Hallett – Bowed bicycle wheel
Sue Ferrar – Violin
Graphic Score : Livia Garcia
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In Search of […] Code for Undoing 2018 UK/HK / Video, Sound and Dance
Visual : Livia Garcia
Dance : Kim Geun Young (South Korea)
Sound : Red Pig Flower (South Korea/Berlin)
Producer : Makin Fung Bing Fai (Hong Kong)
A video of about 17 minutes long was produced as part of the Water Modulation Festival in Hong Kong. It was the first attempt in turning my line drawings into moving images. The work was then interpreted by sound artist Red Pig Flower (South Korea/Berlin) and dancer Kim Geun Young (South Korea) during two live performances at the McAuley Studio Theatre in Hong Kong. Producer: Makin Fung Bing Fai (Hong Kong).
The video is comprised of 4 Acts together with a Preface. Act 1: Blossom, Act 2: Industrialisation, Act 3: Poison Rain, Act 4: The Code. The narrative starts with a seed which blossoms into red flowers with the showering of clean rain. However, under excessive construction the rain slowly becomes poisonous and eventually kills the red flowers. Through the last Act The Code, I put forward a question: can we find a code to undo damages to the environment that are brought about by human interventions?
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