An excerpt from the premiere performance on March 19, 2023 in Halifax, presented by suddenlyListen.

Shapes of Time is a collaborative research-creation project with Charlotte Hug on the notion of timefulness, described by geologist-philosopher Marcia Björnerud thus: “I have sometimes felt as if I stood at the center of a circle, equidistant from all stages of my life, past and future. The sensation spills over to the landscape and rocks; immersed in their stories, I see that the events of the past are still present and feel they could even be replayed again one day in a beautiful revelation. This impression is a glimpse not of timelessness but timefulness, an acute consciousness of how the world is made by—indeed, made of—time.” Both working with extended scoring through objects that are both the result and the stimulus for creative gesture, Charlotte and I began exchanging ideas at the beginning of the COVID 19 pandemic and were able to meet for two workshops in the first half of 2022. Initial experiments sparked interest from suddenlyListen in Halifax, and the duo began envisioning a score for ensemble that would combine our multiple and intersecting skillset: live painting, projections, drawn and digital Son-Icons, electroacoustic sound and guided improvisation, all coordinated using the InterAction Notation that Charlotte has developed. The multiplicity, layering and transformation of these elements were harnessed to explore different time scales–geological, human and digital–using images and experiences from the Lac Souterrain, St-Léonard (Switzerland) and the Bay of Fundy (Canada).

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