Returns & Simulacra by Solomiya Moroz
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Publication date
2024-03-05Creators
Moroz, Solomiya
Vear, Craig
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Returns and Simulacra is a digital score that integrates sound, video projections, and live performance to explore themes of identity and reality. The performer, Zubin Kanga, interacts with a digital score using an instrument called Piano Hands, which incorporates mini bee accelerometers and touch-sensor attachments. This instrument allows Kanga to control a Max/MSP patch interface wirelessly, shaping the audiovisual elements of the performance in real time. The piece delves into the performer's multiple identities on stage, blurring the lines between reality and virtuality. It incorporates footage of Kanga himself, as well as archived performances of British queer cabaret performers from the past, such as Douglas Byng from the 1930s. These different characters are matched with specific piano sound samples, creating a juxtaposition between traditional and modern, classical and comedic, and various other contrasts.
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Subjects
- Digital media
- Digital art
- Music software
- Composition--digital
- digital scores, digital media, digital musicianship, electro-instrumental, physical computing
- Creative Arts & Design
- M Music and Literature on music
- T Technology
Divisions
- University of Nottingham, UK Campus
Research institutes and centres
- University of Nottingham, UK Campus
Deposit date
2024-03-05Data type
dataset: questionnaires, code books, interviews, audio and videos recordingsContributors
- Kanga, Zubin
Funders
- Other
- European Research Council
- Canada Council for the Arts
Grant number
- ERC-2020-COG – 101002086
Parent project
- Digital Score Project
Collection dates
- Jan-Nov, 2023
Coverage
- United Kingdom
Data collection method
questionnaires, semi-structured interview, video recordingResource languages
- en