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ilinx is a multichannel fixed media work for 8 channels

ilinx is a multichannel fixed media work for 8 channels, (8.0). ilinx: a category of play - the pursuit of vertigo, disorientation, dizziness, to momentarily shift or disrupt perception through disorientating changes in the direction of movement. The disorientation and dizziness alluded to in the title of the work reflects the dynamic gestural and structural shifts heard within the piece. Changing trajectories and detailed sonic interplay are key characteristics, with periods of relative stability and calm contrasting with the more dizzying features heard within the work’s structure. This contrast attempts to enhance and intensify the impact of the colliding sonic structures that contribute to the overall suggestion, or impression of instability and disorientation.

Varied sonic materials are created using a traditional musical instrument, using nonconventional instrument playing techniques. These materials are transformed to create new sound morphologies, inviting the listener to interpret and decipher the causal sources and imaginary physical gestures initiating the sounds heard in the piece. A variety of instrument excitation techniques are playfully explored during the process of recording the performed source materials for composition. Throughout this process the instrument is considered as a sound object and the composer’s performance of the instrument considered as morphological event and gestural shape acquisition.

Recognition & Performances: Destellos International Competition of Electracoustic Music 2011 (nomination), New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival (New York, USA) 2010, Australasian Computer Music Conference (Canberra, Australia) 2010, CMMAS, Centro Mexicano para la Música y Artes Sonoras (Morelia, Mexico) 2010, International Computer Music Conference (Ljubjana, Slovenia) 2012, inner sOUndscapes (Oklahoma, USA) 2013.