we are environments for each other

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Mira Benjamin (electric violin) and Zubin Kanga (piano and electromagnetic resonator) perform immersive work by composer Scott McLaughlin.

Admission:

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A drone rises from an unseen source; bodies and materiality become enmeshed through sound. What paths and possibilities emerge for two musicians who become entangled with one another through a single sounding instrument? Zubin Kanga uses an electromagnetic resonator to explore the harmonics of the piano strings, creating feedback drones. Mira Benjamin's electric violin is inserted into this feedback, impersonating the piano string and replacing its resonances with her own, trying to find points of metastability, hybrid harmonies where piano and violin strings mutually reinforce. Both players hold each other in a balance of resonances, curating serendipity, inhabiting a performance ecosystem.

This title track from McLaughlin, Benjamin & Kanga's 2024 album invites audience to immerse in listening—sometimes gentle, sometimes overwhelming, always unfolding. Listeners may move within the performance space and explore sonic entanglements in this durational and immersive piece.

Programme:

Scott McLaughlin, we are environments for each other [trio] (60 mins)

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