Refurbishment

Visual Score created by Amenity Space, conducted by Nicholas Kok and performed by Psappha at the Fuse Festival, Leeds 2009. The event was called Arborescent, and inspired by the work of highly influential architect and composer, Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001). Xenakis' practice was inherently multi-disciplinary, working on the principle that an artistic expression can be realised mathematically in any artistic medium. He represented his ideas through drawings (referring to them to as 'arborescences'), which he famously used as non-traditional, graphic scores for orchestral recital.

Amenity Space have reinterpretted the format to create the score called REFURBISHMENT. This will be perfomed by the Psappha orchestra at the Howard Assembly rooms on May 2nd 2009 as part of the Leeds Fuse Festival.

This score deconstructs the recently refurbished Howard Assembly rooms in Leeds. The space was documented using photographs and drawings and the media organised into a sequence of events.
The score comprises six different materials and building components from the space. The audio interpretation allows the listener to reconstruct a sonic interpretation of the space.

The six materials & building components are:

1. Nosing studs from the balcony steps.
2. Windows.
3. Low level heating pipes.
4. Ceiling Panels.
5. High Level Balustrading.
6. Timber Grain.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Iannis Xenakis
• Amenity Space
• Nicholas Kok
• Nicholas Kirk
• Tony Broomhead
• Fuse Festival 2009
• Opera North
• Arborescent
• Ed Carter
• Howard Assembly Rooms
• Visual Score