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psychosomatique
2023 KMH Stockholm SE
collaboration w movement & contemporary circus artist, Jascha Rödel

live performance
‘psychosomatique’ is a notational exploration of the mind-body discordance experienced by those with psychosomatic symptoms. 

By dividing a task typically intended for one body across two physical forms, each with their own constraints & affordances, Jascha & I brought this mind-body divergence into the notation process itself, as the inevitable imperfections & unpredictability achieved through this unnatural division of labour are evidenced only by the notational footprint of the performance, rather than the music itself. 

Musically, this fixed electroacoustic piece was constructed from processed recordings of a lamenting female voice & the sound of pen on paper, before finishing with an excerpt from Exuma’s ‘You Don’t Know What’s Going On’.
9’10”
[fixed media, movement, notation]

photos: @andreaagu
©2024 Helena Atkin