Project 1: Picking at Freckles (Version Lonely)

for Narrator, Midi-Receptive Device, & Video

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Program Note:

One of the many things art can do is assert the value and meaning of the ordinary, providing a lens through which we can break our chains of automatic thought and freshly perceive what we would usually take for granted. I had always thought this about the little things that augment our days, but in drafting ideas for this piece I wondered what it would be like if I paid that same special attention to darker, more pessimistic moments. Rather than shine a light on some unsung pleasure of daily life, I wanted to see what would happen if I concentrated on little moments of displeasure that could accumulate into a more significant sense of futility.