Electroacoustic Collaborations
Marianne Gythfeldt, Ashley Pigford,
PG2 Soundart Duo
Coming together in the spirit of experimentation and cross-fertilization of art-forms, PG2 cultivates a new era of hybrid and mixed media interaction. The Duo includes hybrid/mixed-media visual artist and electric guitarist, Ashley Pigford, and clarinetist and electroacoustic performer, Marianne Gythfeldt.They improvise using found objects as the primary inspiration for live performances. Their creations use unusual sound-sources such as the mechanical clicks and spasms of an old record-player or printer to build shows of original audiovisual pieces. The funding from the Interdisciplinary Humanities Research Center produced the following works:Escher Geometrics Pigford-Gythfeldt , PG2Escher Geometrics is an interactive audiovisual piece using Max/msp. Sound and image are synchronized in an hypnotic slow-moving pace, that creates the illusion of cohesion. However, while the sound ebbs and flows in ascending and descending patterns, the images unfold in a linear fashion, while tracking the depth of sound of the clarinet pitch.Six Point Three Pigford-Gythfeldt , PG2A computer-controlled electric typewriter creates the rhythmic foundation for an original musical composition involving bass guitar, MIDI wind machine and acoustic clarinets. The text used is an excerpt from Milton Babbitts book, Words about Music, and clarinet excerpts from Milton Babbitts epic clarinet solo My Ends are My Beginnings.