THA-CHOOOM!
Viola da Gamba solo and playback with comic strips
by Sven Hermann [1998]

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Organic structures through including perception processes derived from comic strips: e.g. time passes whils a speech bubble is spoken, or a thought bubble is thought. Human being are the time factor. During the piece, every letter of the title is "painted" onto the instrument with the bow: the title and the optical triggers become musical content - listening with the eyes.
The piece is accompanied by a comic-book, created by Sven Hermann, which can be read while listening to THA-CHOOM! A timecode [use a watch or CD-display] coordinates eye and ear. The booklet is available by eMail-order [hermann@interzone-perceptible.de].

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duration: 13:00

[first performance: Alte Aula der Folkwang Hochschule Essen/Germany, 15 June 1999; Anne Krickeberg]