February 29 2020 | L'Amphitéâtre - Le Gesù Composed by Kim Farris-Manning. Performed by Adrian Foster (organ and electronics) Video by Kim Farris-Manning and An-Laurence Higgins Videography by Nick Jewell
February 9 2020 | L'Oratoire Saint-Joseph du Mont-Royal Composed by Kim Farris-Manning.
Performed by Adrian Foster (organ and electronics) (recording unavailable)
Italo Calvino's "Invisible Cities" weaves an incredible web of narratives that brings the very nature of perspective into question, asking: what is the point of reference?
"The fundamental problem of maps is that the earth is a sphere and that paper is flat." A similar quandary exists with musical scores, as with anything that lies on the border of imagination and representation; the danger being that if you write down a lie, it might look like the truth.
The score for this piece mimics the form of a conical projection and functions somewhat as a navigational chart. The performer responds to the material before them, engaging ad interacting with the changes of each iteration. MAP; gest elicits a spiral effect inherent to conic projections; the further the performer travels into the cone, the more the relationships they encounter become distorted. No matter how close we return to the point of reference, the result will always be different.
July 7 2020 | St. John the Divine (Victoria) Composed by Kim Farris-Manning. Performed by David Stratkauskas (organ and electronics) Presented at the Royal Canadian College of Organists' Online Festival Animation by Kim Farris-Manning Video editing by An-Laurence Higgins and Mark McDonald Videography by Nick Jewel
March 1 2021 | Virtual Composed by Kim Farris-Manning with additional 3D animation by Sai Win Myint Oo. Version with 3D animation coming soon - watch a demo below!
3D animation by Sai Win Myint Oo Performed by David Stratkauskas (organ and electronics) 2D Animation by Kim Farris-Manning Video editing by An-Laurence Higgins and Mark McDonald Videography by Nick Jewel