all things are to be left incompl...er et performanceværk af den walisiske komponist Joss Smith og Ensemble Transduct. Fire musikere omgiver en lysende rød boks. Boksen spiller musik for musikerne, og de spiller musik for kassen. Uanset hvor langt musikerne er nået at komme med deres optræden, skal de stoppe, når først boksen overdøver deres spil. Ved at udnytte den spænding, der udspringer fra forventningen om enmusikalsk forhindring, der kan komme når som helst, bringer all things are to be left incompl... skønheden frem i det forbigående. Selv i en situation, hvor alt materiale har en kort levetid, er der måske stadig plads tiludvikling eller overraskelse?

Som

komponist er Joss Smith især interesseret i at udfordre

forventninger, opfattelser og traditionelle kompositoriske forløb. I

sit arbejde, der både omfatter instrumentelle- og multimedieværker,

er en sammenhængende faktor et fokus på at opbygge spændinger ved

hjælp af små ændringer. Ensemble Transduct arbejder i krydsfeltet

mellem musik, teater og multimediekunst med en forkærlighed for det

absurde. Alle disse elementer – især udfordringen af

forventninger, spændingen og det absurde – er essentielle faktorer

iall things are to be

left incompl... – et

stykke, der omfavner og fejrer det flygtige.

The piece was commissioned for KLANG festival with support from KODA Kultur and Statens Kunstfond.

Fotokreditering: Alex Banck-Petersen

Engelsk:

all things are to be left incompl... is a performance piece by Welsh composer Joss Smith and Ensemble Transduct. Four musicians surround a glowing red box. The box plays music for them, and they play music for the box. No matter how far along the musicians are with their performance, once the box drowns out their playing, they must stop. Utilizing tension built by the expectation of an incoming musical cutoff, all things are to be left incompl… brings out the beauty in transient material. Even in a situation where all material has a short life, maybe there is still room for development or surprise?

As a composer, Joss Smith is particularly interested in subverting expectations, perceptions, and traditional compositional trajectories. Working with both instrumental and multimedia works, a linking factor of his work is a focus on building tension by way of the insistence on small changes. Ensemble Transduct works at the intersection of music, theater, and multimedia art with a penchant for the absurd. All these elements – particularly the subversion of expectations, the tension, and the absurd – are at work in all things are to be left incompl..., a piece embracing and celebrating the ephemeral.