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F.12 & Tumbling Song
Vinko Globokar's F.12 is a combination of vocal gestures (kiss, tongue snapping, tightening of the throat while inhaling, "ts" while inhaling, retracting tongue stuck to palate) and head scratching.
Pauline Oliveros' XIV - Tumbling Song invites us to produce any vocal sound, but always going down in pitch - in glissando or in discrete steps. There are no limitations regarding 'distance in range, speed, dynamics or quality', except for the length of the downward gestures, which is to be determined by the breath.
In this fragment, I repeated Globokar's sequence of vocal gestures several times, each time descending in pitch, as suggested by Oliveros. With each repetition, I increased the intensity of my playing in a climax that led to the final gesture. As a result, my mouth, tongue, and facial expressions became the focus of my experimentation, resulting in unusual techniques and unexpected sounds.
This fragment was recorded at IEM, Graz, on 26/04/2024.
Alisa Kobzar, Artem Rybchenko - video, audio and light setting.
Lorenzo Orsenigo - audio and post-production.
Pauline Oliveros' XIV - Tumbling Song invites us to produce any vocal sound, but always going down in pitch - in glissando or in discrete steps. There are no limitations regarding 'distance in range, speed, dynamics or quality', except for the length of the downward gestures, which is to be determined by the breath.
In this fragment, I repeated Globokar's sequence of vocal gestures several times, each time descending in pitch, as suggested by Oliveros. With each repetition, I increased the intensity of my playing in a climax that led to the final gesture. As a result, my mouth, tongue, and facial expressions became the focus of my experimentation, resulting in unusual techniques and unexpected sounds.
This fragment was recorded at IEM, Graz, on 26/04/2024.
Alisa Kobzar, Artem Rybchenko - video, audio and light setting.
Lorenzo Orsenigo - audio and post-production.
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