Außer der Serie – useless machine # / martim-pescador #

Live-Elektronik Performance

David Pirrò, Martin Rumori

Prattica E, 5. June, 2015

With the series "useless machine" and "martim-pescador," David Pirrò and Martin Rumori have been documenting their respective engagements with themes they cannot resolve for several years. In "useless machine" (Pirrò), these are dynamic systems and their sonic developments, while in "martim-pescador" (Rumori), they are associative improvisations with field recordings. In both projects, the design of the spatial parameter is essential, which repeatedly involves new aesthetic and technical approaches to various procedures and instruments for sound projection.

In today's opening concert of the "prattica E" series, 48 mobile miniature speakers, organized in 12 groups of 4 speaker cubes each, form such a projection matrix, which is contrasted with the multi-channel sound system of the preceding concert sections and a number of radios. Incarnations of "useless machine" and "martim-pescador" appear today outside their series without the usual numbering and form the basis of a joint, comprehensive composition that is expanded with quotations and allusions to other composers.