High Latency Communication

Music score by Allan Gilbert Balon

performance for three musicians (piano, tuba, and voice) who explore the idea that communion may be predicated on the obscurity of a message and its natural envelope - sound. The double obstacle that water imposes on the discourse (temporal and physiological limits) is intended to shed light on the Word itself, which paradoxically finds its naked vibratory nature freed from the communicative function ordinarily imposed by the code, the very object of language. By merging musical time with lived time, the composer engages in a free reflection on ecology and the qualia of presence.

The articulated sound of the voice mixed with the sound of the instrument evokes the destiny of the human being and their biotope. The musician will use this one as a signal of his own psychogeography, of his own light seeking despite the arid constraints of the exercise a viable mode of expression for this ephemeral community that they embody. The lifespan of this work depending on their innovation and their resilience.

A3 tracing paper with cover.AP limited version, 5 copies