Concert
Organism: In Turbulence
Navid Navab
Solo concert with a century-old pipe organ prepared robotically to sound turbulent formations.
“Organism destabilizes the socio-historical tonality of a century-old organ to liberate its turbulent materiality, robotically unleashing timbres unheard after centuries of sonic repression. In concerts, Organism’s shifting metastable states allow for its energetic thresholds to fall into and out of compatibility with one another. Navab aerodynamically shapes the resulting ecology of interdependent timbres into emergent realms, traversing microsonic polyrhythms, post-rock overspill and swampy soundscapes.” – Navid Navab
Cast
Navid Navab – Concept, direction, composition, sculpture, programming, design, electronics, performance
Garnet Willis – Engineering, sculpture, lead design, electronics
Transductive Formations – Production
Camille Desjardins, Jean-Michaël Celerier, Philippe Vandal, Evan Montpellier, Eric L’Ecuyer – Assistance
Research partners: Topological Media Lab with Fonds de Recherche du Québec, SAT Montréal with Québec Ministry of Innovation
Residencies: FIBER, Werktank, Recto-Verso, Hexagram, matralab
With support from: Canada Council for the Arts, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Conseil des arts de Montréal