kara
p 2. 00 3
2000
ensemble and soundtrack
13 min.
kara p 2. 00 3
The last in a trilogy of pieces begun with the setting (twenty three carapi) of (mostly) South African Poems found in the collection Carapace*23
The metrical structure of the flute piece (carapace 23.7) that grew out of the choral piece retained - rather like a street layout that remains in the aftermath of war, forced removal or planned re-development.
Areas wiped clean provide space for the new.
Surviving fragments reconstructed or developed in ways not previously possible or imagined.
The process of erasure takes on a fascination of its own - "what to do with all this newly liberated territory?"
Alongside the live musicians recorded readings from Rem Koolhaas' S,M,L,XL (Globalization, Singaporesongline: 30 years of Tabula Rasa) ; Clive Chipkin's Deurmekaar Johannesburg (Township -, Post-War Johannesburg) and Karen Press' The home that you built, an accumulative poem used by Lien Botha in her contribution to the District Six Culture Project.
2000
ensemble and soundtrack
13 min.
kara p 2. 00 3
The last in a trilogy of pieces begun with the setting (twenty three carapi) of (mostly) South African Poems found in the collection Carapace*23
The metrical structure of the flute piece (carapace 23.7) that grew out of the choral piece retained - rather like a street layout that remains in the aftermath of war, forced removal or planned re-development.
Areas wiped clean provide space for the new.
Surviving fragments reconstructed or developed in ways not previously possible or imagined.
The process of erasure takes on a fascination of its own - "what to do with all this newly liberated territory?"
Alongside the live musicians recorded readings from Rem Koolhaas' S,M,L,XL (Globalization, Singaporesongline: 30 years of Tabula Rasa) ; Clive Chipkin's Deurmekaar Johannesburg (Township -, Post-War Johannesburg) and Karen Press' The home that you built, an accumulative poem used by Lien Botha in her contribution to the District Six Culture Project.