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ERICA HARNEY GLIERE'S SUITE MOVEMENT II
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This performance project is the reflection of a long-term multidisciplinary collaboration, reconciling the potentials of the visual and performing arts.
Our collaboration both reinforces and transcends the traditions and ideals of our respected disciplines.
While music informs and inspires motion, the visual arts can offer a tangible manifestation of abstract concepts. Our performance features a series
of drawings constructed on-stage, inspired by the artist's interpretation and mimicry of the musician's movement, breathing, and inflection. The
motion created by the playing of music directly informs the drawing: the drawing becomes a visualization of sound and movement, and the artist
serves as the conduit between sound and image. The drawings are about 50% rehearsed and 50% improvised, varying largely on the
interpretation of the musicians’ performance.
In collaborating across disciplines, we are working beyond prescribed boundaries by bringing a performative aspect to the visual arts, and
considering music from a visual perspective. The forged synesthetic relationship between sound, kinetics, and visuals creates an alternative way of
experiencing familiar media. We have extracted visual art from the confines of a gallery setting, and offer our audience a fresh, updated
relationship with classical music. In doing so, we aim to create an entirely new artistic experience, increasing the accessibility and limitless potential
of both the visual and performing arts.
The original drawings born from our first collaboration on Gliere’s Suite for Viola and Double Bass have been compiled to make five corresponding
paintings, inspiring the choreography and set design for a new original modern dance piece by choreographer KT Huckabee- that was performed
at Penn State Altoona on April 28 and 29, 2011.
Our collaboration both reinforces and transcends the traditions and ideals of our respected disciplines.
While music informs and inspires motion, the visual arts can offer a tangible manifestation of abstract concepts. Our performance features a series
of drawings constructed on-stage, inspired by the artist's interpretation and mimicry of the musician's movement, breathing, and inflection. The
motion created by the playing of music directly informs the drawing: the drawing becomes a visualization of sound and movement, and the artist
serves as the conduit between sound and image. The drawings are about 50% rehearsed and 50% improvised, varying largely on the
interpretation of the musicians’ performance.
In collaborating across disciplines, we are working beyond prescribed boundaries by bringing a performative aspect to the visual arts, and
considering music from a visual perspective. The forged synesthetic relationship between sound, kinetics, and visuals creates an alternative way of
experiencing familiar media. We have extracted visual art from the confines of a gallery setting, and offer our audience a fresh, updated
relationship with classical music. In doing so, we aim to create an entirely new artistic experience, increasing the accessibility and limitless potential
of both the visual and performing arts.
The original drawings born from our first collaboration on Gliere’s Suite for Viola and Double Bass have been compiled to make five corresponding
paintings, inspiring the choreography and set design for a new original modern dance piece by choreographer KT Huckabee- that was performed
at Penn State Altoona on April 28 and 29, 2011.
