Furīfōru / fluvial
⎮fixed media, acousmatic composition based on waterfalls, 15’
2023 -
Furīfōru / fluvial was premiered as part of The Vienna Acousmonium festival at Kino Šiška in Ljubljana March 2023 (CONA Ljubljana and Thomas Gorbach & The Vienna Acousmonium).***
Furīfōru / fluvial tracks the ecstatic feeling of levitation in the spherical music of the waterfalls. As if in the free fall of water, its dispersion, the tremolo impact of water molecules on the stone create an enduring allure, an endless attraction, a climax without decrease, an ecstatic vibrational field that elevates the body. The core inspiration of the composition is the dynamic between gravity and levitation.
It delves into the elemental nature of bodies and their
diverse rhythms - water, mineral, atmospheric
.At its essence, the work carries an affirmation of the sensual intertwining of elements, deepening into water-lithic eros; it proposes whole body listening experience. It emphasizes the perceptual sensitivity necessary for an expanded field of perception and a sense of the subtle levels of existence, the infinite interweaving of elements. We are fleeting guests of an entangled cosmic organism. Resonance deeply defines our being, as does temporal asynchrony. Furīfōru / fluvial explores ways to emphasise the role of ecstatic environments in the topography of the sonic territory and in the territory of bodily experience.
Dwelling with waterfalls and recording their unique spectral voices is one of my passions. They inspired me to create several works alreday. Among others they made me contemplate on the sonic conditions of paradise - here is the text on the topic - and furthermore how does it feel to be immersed within the acoustic conditions of paradise - here is a sonic work on the field of research.
For the Furīfōru / fluvial I recorded several specific waterfalls through water, air and stone, in different seasons, using specific microphones and also building extended microphones on-site. Recordings were made over the span of 2012 and 2023 in the areas of Šumik and Skalce waterfalls along the hills of Mountain Pohorje, Veli Vir waterfall in Slovenian Istria, Nadiža river and Idrijca, among others. Furīfōru / fluvial is a music concrete composition, using field recordings, sonified scenograms and my stone instrument KAMIsTONE.
*** Acousmonium performances: Echoes Around Me, Vienna Acousmonium, Academy of fine arts Vienna, Dunaj, 2023 ⎮Klingende Horizonte, Vienna Acousmonium, Internationale Gesellschaft für Neue Musik, Celovec, 2023
Acousmatic performances: festival festival LIPS#1. Deep speech. Inter-species dialogues, Lab Gamerz, Aix-en-Provence, France 2024 ⎮ Mednarodni računalniški festival Maribor 2023 ⎮ Beyond Listening: Agency, Art and the Environment; International Symposium on Sonic Ecologies, Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest (MOME), 2023