Disconcerting

This performance was selected for Making/Meaning Exhibition at Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, New York

Audio Excerpt.

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Created and Directed by SooA Kim.

Live Performance, 2014.

Full Running Time: 28min.

14 musicians, 4 composers; Mixed media.

This performance explores the aesthetic of classical performance and the interaction between the audience and the performers in one stage. It is an experimental cooperation between musicians professionally trained in classical music and myself, as well as the audience. Orchestra performers playing music are scattered in a gallery space while the audience is free to move around. It is a fragmented orchestra that allows the audience explore the space, listening as they travel.

The Three Rehearsals

In the process of making Disconcerting, three rehearsals were practiced in different locations and seating arrangements to experiment the cooperation between musicians before the actual performance.

blueprint

Disconcerting Performance at Sheila C. Johnson Design Center

The partial view of the orchestra arrangement in the left wing of the gallery space. Each musician is standing on a black pedestal with fixed metal stand. The stands and pedestals vary in size.

Mock-up Sketch

Performers:

Composers, Minah Choi, James Wu, Jaekyung Yang, Joseph Vilardi; Conductor, Elinor Flanders; Violin I, Szu-Chen Huang; Violin II, Youngsoo Jang; Violist, Lehan Wang; Cello, Ji-Hwon Na; Double Bass, Rhys McCleary; Oboe, Devin Hinzo; Flute, Juhye Lee; Clarinet, Ashleé Miller; French Horn, Gal Guttman; Harp, Stephanie Babirak; Trombone, Matthew Stewart; Percussion, Jeffrey Kautz;

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