∞10000 Waves∞
For 18 Instrumentalists and 8 Singers
BlackHouse Collectives New Music Workshop 2024
I live in Southern California. Most tides here occur in mixed semidiurnal----two
high tides and two low tides, in a 24-hour period. I love sitting on the rocks for
hours and watch the trillions water droplets breath in a cosmic mass. The moon
guides their purpose, as the seascape and the wind sculpt the millions of
ephemeral ridges and valleys on their surface. It is in between each high and low
the horseshoe crabs learned when to prey; turtles knew where to breed; surfers
mastered the art of waves.
This piece is also inspired by one of my favorite Chinese Artists, Ma Yuan, 马远.
马远 is an artist lived in the Song dynasty. He is known for his painting of water.