Disquiet Junto Project 0659: Reading the Body
Dear Members of the Disquiet Junto,
This week’s project is a new graphic score piece. Thanks to everyone who participated in — whether uploading tracks, or commenting on them, or both — in all of the Musikfestival Bern projects we did this year.
And thanks, as always, for your generosity with your time, creativity, and curiosity.
Best from San Francisco,
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Disquiet Junto Project 0659: Reading the Body
The Assignment: Interpret the markings on the back of a cello as a graphic score.
Step 1: Study the natural markings on the back of the cello as depicted in the project’s cover image. Observe how they can seem to resemble music notes on staff paper, albeit in an abstract way. Here’s a larger version of the full photo:
https://disquiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/0659-image-back-scaled.jpeg
Step 2: Think about how the image, or a detail or segment of it, might be read as a score of graphic notation.
Step 3: Record a piece of music applying what you came up with in Step 1 and Step 2 above. Certainly consider using cello or other string sounds, but in the end the choice is yours.
Tasks Upon Completion:
Label: Include “disquiet0659” (no spaces/quotes) in the name of your track.
Upload: Post your track to a public account (SoundCloud preferred but by no means required). It’s best to focus on one track, but if you post more than one, clarify which is the “main” rendition.
Share: Post your track and a description/explanation at https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0659-reading-the-body/
Discuss: Listen to and comment on the other tracks.
Additional Details:
Length: The length is up to you.
Deadline: Monday, August 19, 2024, 11:59pm (that is: just before midnight) wherever you are.
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License: It’s preferred (but not required) to set your track as downloadable and allowing for attributed remixing (i.e., an attribution Creative Commons license).
Please Include When Posting Your Track:
More on the 659th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Reading the Body — The Assignment: Interpret the markings on the back of a cello as a graphic score — at https://disquiet.com/0659/