85 piano notes

 video and sound installation 2001

A piano music installation using four speakers and video projection run by computer (max/ nato).   The image of grey numbers are those inscribed on the 85 wooden piano hammers.    The corresponding notes have had the percussive attack removed and the sustain/decay extended, radically changing the dominant characteristics of the sound but not losing their piano-ness altogether.    What note follows another is randomly determined.   The interplay between subjective interpretation and rigorous formalism is an experience both emotional and intellectual.