Diamond Body
Diamond Body composition arranged for quintet (violin, cello, contrabass, percussion and electronics) and video score (single channel – 4k) 2018. Diamond Body is a meditative reflection on the psycho-spiritual subtle body, also called the body of light, defined as various intangible layers of vibrating energy that make up all living beings within and beyond the corporeal layers of flesh and bone. As musicians we temporarily borrow and shape these same vibrating energies as our medium of expression.
The imagery for Diamond Body was created by combining a custom dynamic particle system with macro videography of light reflections, refractions and shadows cast through naturally occurring crystal gems. The sounds for Diamond Body were created with granular synthesis originating from bowed and struck metals. These sounds were then excited through the prepared body of each string instruments. The players performed the video score comprised of traditional and extended string and percussion techniques along with the accompanying resonating instrument body. The electronic sounds were diffused to each string body by a performance engineer operating a custom Max patch and matrix mixer
Golnaz Shariatzadeh Violin
Kris Force Cello
Lee Hodel Contrabass
Tony Gennaro Percussion
Sally Decker Electronics
Composition and Video Score Kris Force ©2018
Recorded at the Center for Contemporary Music, Oakland CA 2018
Engineered by Jess Tambellini