Abstract
The piece is a combination of pre-recorded (usually unheard) giraffe humming soundscape, using sources from a recent research project by Austrian biologists who recorded giraffes in the Vienna zoo. After hundreds of hours of recording giraffes during the night, the biologists managed to extract a few seconds of giraffe humming sounds.
It is unclear why giraffes hum (and whether it comes from male or female animals).
Combined with these ‘unheard’ giraffe sounds I am building a feedback system for tenor saxophone that plays on the idea of exploring sounds that are usually non-existent, or they only exist if I make them heard (though physical movement using the tenor saxophone).
Final live performance can be accessed here: https://soundcloud.com/fschroeder/humming-girraffes-and-tenor-saxophone
It is unclear why giraffes hum (and whether it comes from male or female animals).
Combined with these ‘unheard’ giraffe sounds I am building a feedback system for tenor saxophone that plays on the idea of exploring sounds that are usually non-existent, or they only exist if I make them heard (though physical movement using the tenor saxophone).
Final live performance can be accessed here: https://soundcloud.com/fschroeder/humming-girraffes-and-tenor-saxophone
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Media of output | Online |
| Size | Composition and Performance |
| Publication status | Published - 08 Mar 2018 |
| Event | International Women's Day 2018 - PSS Gallery Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom Duration: 08 Mar 2018 → 08 Mar 2018 |
Keywords
- international women's day
- improvisation
- feedback
- performance
- Asian Continental Ancestry Group