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4th plinth project - the ebb of acrophobia |
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Hear selections or the complete soundtrack of the plinth concert |
recorded monday 13 july 2010 – mid day
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the ebb of acrophobia |
interested musicians please download A4 publicity poster (pdf) Listen to Richard Wyatt's interview with Lawrence (16/06/09) on BBC Radio Bristol Listen to Vernon Harwood's interview with Lawrence (17/06/09) on BBC Radio Somerset Listen to Mark O'Donnell's interview with Lawrence (06/07/09) on BBC Radio Wiltshire View Lawrence's interview on BBC South West (06/07/09) - noted as being the most unusual the presenters had ever done on the programme!
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l reed & b yianni / world premier / fourth plinth / trafalgar square / london / 13th july / 2009 Acrophobia, from the Greek 'akron' (peak) and 'phobos' (fear) is a fear of heights and is extremely common. It is now widely believed that fear of height is a response we are all born with and is an evolutionary adaptation. Mild suffers like myself will experience rising heart rate, a knot in the stomach, sweaty palms and inertia. what we’re trying to do our artistic aims get involved the timeline
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the conductor and general instructions the conductor will organise and brief the orchestra in the 15 minutes before midday and before each new part of the piece / conductor's directions are both ‘general’ and ‘embedded’/particular to each piece / conductor ‘general’ instructions are |
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the scores |
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| moaning acrophobia - circa 4 mins in your head break the word acrophobia into its component syllables / think of hearing these from far away, of echoes, of slowing things down, of restlessness, apprehension, unease, with one's heart in one's mouth / try to get in the head of the acrophobic / when pointed at, begin to slowly speak and sustain each syllable in turn / example a-a-a-a-cro-cro-cro-cro-cro-phob-phob-phob phob phob etc draw the syllables out/ repeat syllables many many times to start with / try to mimic the inflection of the word as spoken normally / start slowly joining the syllables together - example acro- acro-acro -phobi-phobi etc. / carry on joining more syllables together until you form the whole word then repeat this until the end / the conductor will begin with a count / try to slip into your own rhythm / watch the conductor for instructions / start quietly and build up to very loud / do not play instruments unless instructed by the conductor / a soprano will be singing over the top but concentrate on your own voice production |
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| instructions for all four movements of the ebb of acrophobia play a sequence of notes from left to right choosing one note from each column (for example in movement 1 choose G E or C from the first column, then E C or A from the second column and so on until you have played a sequence of eight notes) / repeat the sequence, varying the note selected from each column and the register / transposing instruments note that the notes are at sounding pitch / silence is an option but must be for whole sequences |
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the ebb of acrophobia - movements 1 and 2 - circa 9 mins
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each note is 3 seconds long / 12 notes repeated 8 times or until instructed to stop / mf throughout
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| impartials up - circa 8 mins one finger point: individual play / two finger point: group play / when pointed or gestured at, play and sustain / loop one of the lowest sounds you can play UNLESS other players are already playing, in which case: play and sustain a sound less than a 7th above the last player who played / if you think you may have been pointed at, play at once, and without hesitation. if more than one person thinks they are being pointed at, never mind, do not worry / all cease on a two-handed slicing gesture / when playing, the raising and lowering of a hand/hands is to guide dynamic / the above process will be performed several times |
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| impartials down - circa 8 mins when pointed or gestured at, play and sustain/loop one of the highest sounds you can play UNLESS other players are already playing, in which case play and sustain a sound less than a 7th below the last player who played / all cease on a two-handed slicing gesture / when playing, the raising and lowering of a hand/hands is to guide slight pitch alteration (bend, gliss, walk) and will be followed by a cease instruction / the above process will be performed several times |
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the ebb of acrophobia movements 3 and 4 - circa 9 minutes
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