with objects : performed by Heather Frasch : glistening examples

with objects by Heather Frasch
released May 11, 2021
1. Weaving Broken Threads for digital boxes by Heather Frasch 2017
performed by Heather Frasch
2. there will be no sound, by lo wie 2017
realized by Heather Frasch (kinetic sound sculptures)
3. Hermit for Objects by Ryoko Akama, 2015
realized by Heather Frasch (kinetic sound sculptures, objects & harmona)
4. there will be no sound, by lo wie 2017
realized by Heather Frasch (kinetic sound sculptures)

“I selected the scores by lo wie and Ryoko Akama because they resonated poetically with my own practice as a performer/composer and allowed me to engage with my ongoing interest in working with objects.
My own text score, influenced by the writings of Gaston Bachelard’s notion of topology or the memory of past houses to understand the human soul, focuses on objects (physical and sonic) that remind me of places I’ve lived for longer than 1 year. I carefully constructed a distinct set-up for each piece in order to intimately intertwine score together with instrument; to further blur the boundary between composition, actualization, composer, and performer.
The recording style of these pieces attempts to capture an aspect of live performance that is usually lost in clean studio recordings, namely the extended sonic environment.
The performance of each score conveys this element in different ways, varying the presence of external sounds through a combination of microphone placement, and the opening and closing of a window.
I recorded these pieces in December 2018, a very dark and grey time in Berlin when daylight is scarce. By recording each piece after sunset I aimed to capture the feeling that comes with this intense mid-winter darkness, and how it effects the sound, mood, and performance of each piece.”

– Heather Frasch, 2021