Emerging Aphrodite

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About the Work

Hesiod derives Aphrodite from the ancient Greek word aphrós, signifying the sea foam from which the goddess of beauty emerged into life. My music explores the dichotomy within this vivid image: the sparkling froth on the surface, and the bubbling threat beneath, hinting at something stirring in the deep. This timbral gamut collage of sonic mimesis is centered around electric guitar with live electronics and piano with percussive preparations. Emerging Aphrodite is a direct result of my rigorous process of experimentation, recording, cataloging, and developing graphic notation. This work is a series of quasi–aleatoric vignettes, which foreground the ebb and flow of instrumental sound, whose image is subsequently altered through ping–pong balls, vibrating devices, textiles, player actions, and live electronics. The players explore these two instruments just like sailors traversed the seas on their ships, cradled by the foaming waves, blithely unaware of what prowls within the depths...

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