SHOW(ti)ME

Laura Bowler

Details

Duration
22 mins
Year of composition
2022
Number of performers
1
First performance
21st Nov 2022, Zubin Kanga, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
Commissioned by

Zubin Kanga as part of Cyborg Soloists, with the support of a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship, Royal Holloway, University of London, and the RVW Trust

Description:

An investigation into the multiplicities of the physical and virtual self through the lens of piano performance and practice. Excavating the intimate relationship between performance and instrument, SHOW(ti)ME gradually draws back the mask of performance, revealing the performer’s vulnerabilities through an explosive magnification of the minutia of piano practice.

The performing self is extended and contorted through a collaging of multimedia practices; live camera, pre-recorded camera, MiMU gloves, live and fixed electronics.

Scoring

Piano / MiMU gloves / live electronics / live video (1 performer)