Rituellipses (1993-96), 10m59s

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(Even if I dance in silence, I can only do so musically)

“Where the trajectory of sound oscillates in a swinging movement representing the physical laws of attraction.” (Dominique Besson in Les Musicographies, CD-ROM, Ina-GRM)

Rituellipses is music of “sounds in movement,” made by and for dance. The sonic objects, made from fragments of concrete or instrumental musical patterns, are swept along as if by centrifugal force. They follow each other in continuous rotational movements that only silence suspends.

These studies of trajectory combinations are developed in short movements that are alternately lively, calm, restrained or uninhibited. Equilibrium had been achieved when the whole appeared to me to be multipliable—complete yet expandable.

Scenes from two films (The Sacrifice by Andreï Tarkovski and Night Sun by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani) were constantly in mind throughout the creation of this work. They are about the relationships that each of us can have with a tree, that object of archaic worship that, like stone, seems to carry traces of lost wisdom. It is their imprint that imbues the spirit of the piece.

Rituellipses was realized in the studios of Musiques & Recherches (Ohain, Belgium) between 1993 and 1996 and premiered in March 1993 during the Ars Musica Festival (Brussels, Belgium). Rituellipses was awarded a special mention at the Stockholm Electronic Arts Award (Sweden, 1993) and a honorable mention at the Prix Ars Electronica (Linz, Austria, 1995). The piece was recorded in 1998 on the disc “Project’son,” Effects Input (GMEM EI 10) and an excerpt was incorporated in the Ina-GRM CD-ROM “Les Musicographies” (1996).

Performances

		Musiques échange Québec-Belgique Wednesday, February 28, 1996 L’orchestre de haut-parleurs 2
		Rien à voir (11) Wednesday, April 10, 2002 Rien pour rien
		Rien à voir (11) Friday, April 12, 2002 Ingrid Drese, Stephan Dunkelman: Silences et couleurs / Rhizomes