2007: Darwinsbitch

Oakland-based sound artist and violinist Marielle Jakobsons aka Darwinsbitch aims to reclaim performance as a “breathing system” of sound, people, and space. Her work explores the physical and social dimensions of instruments and the unique perspective of each perceiver-performer to his or her surroundings.

At the Edgetone New Music Summit she will perform a work entitled Undercurrents in Flight. The piece is scored for one electric five-string violin, a unique Max/MSP program, two stainless steel pans, three speaker-objects, and MIDI controllers [foot and keyboard]. The sound sources are violin, oscillators, and field recordings of birds.

Three speaker-objects will be passed around to the audience; when the object is brought to the ear, special parts and partials of the sounding piece are highlighted and audibly revealed to the perceiver. These objects will be designed and crafted around the theme of birds, trees, and bones.

Artist (photo by Photographer)