(Catalogue no. 13379)
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| Title: |
'A magic square of 5 to look at' and 'A magic square of 5 to listen to' |
| Artist: |
Paul Panhuysen |
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Label: |
Plinkity Plonk |
| Format: |
CD |
| Price: |
€ 12.50 |
Mp3 samples: 1
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Title Description:
This work is a composition in two parts. The same magic square is
transposed in two versions. One can be experienced by the eyes, the
other one by the ears.
A magic square is a series of numbers arranged in a square grid so
that the sum of each horizontal and vertical row and of the corner
diagonals is always the same.
Magic squares reveal harmony of number and refer to the nature of
existence and a cosmic order dominated by mathematical regularity.
Number is the origin of all things, Pythagoras said, and Boethius
said music is numbers made audible.
Presented as a room installation, 'A magic square of 5 to look at'
is a floorpiece of 5 x 5 m, and 'A magic square of 5 to listen to'
can be heard through a quadraphonic sound system, performing the four
staffs of the score independently, starting about 5 seconds after
each other. The audience moves around the floorpiece in the space.
This work was designed for and premiered as a site-specific sound
installation at the Puddles Festival 2003 at Jusshi Square in Tokyo
from September 13-24 in 2003.
The sounds were chosen in cooperation with Leon van Noorden, who
realized the recording on a computer using the programme CSOUND. The
master CD-R was made with technical assistence of RenŽ Adriaans.
Panhuysen (1934) is an internationally recognised artist. Best known
for his site-specific long string installations all over the world,
he also is involved in systematic visual art. Calculus links his
visual and sound art together. Furthermore he has been the artistic
director of Het Apollohuis for about 2 decades. At the festival he
will present a new installation entitled "A Magic Square to Look at
and a Magic Square to Listen to"; both are produced from the numbers
of the same magic square of 5. "Number is the origin of all things",
Pythagoras said. And Boethius said "music is number made audible".
Paul Panhuysen is also a member of the Macunias Ensemble. His works
were released by Het Apollohuis, Table Of The Elements and
Experimental Intermedia.
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