To hear on Sunday 3 and 10 October 2010,
2 pm - 9 pm:
Vista Points (2009, German Premiere)
by Manuella Blackburn
Manuella Blackburn on 'Vista Points':All materials used in Vista Points are derived from electric guitar sounds. Often the electric guitar sounds are left raw and then layered with processed materials. When these sounds interact, there are points of causality, conflict and turbulence.
This work explores the effect of varying the distance between sonic events. When constructing the piece, contrasts between pressured and voluntary behaviours became a primary focus with the aim of achieving moments of activity and emptiness.
Thanks go to Carlos Charles Lopez for providing the electric guitar sounds for this project.
Manuella Blackburn
was born in London in 1984 and is now living in Manchester. She gained a Distinction for a Master’s degree in electroacoustic music at the University of Manchester in 2006, and was awarded the Peter J Leonard Composition Prize. She has recently completing a PhD at the University of Manchester, studying with Dr Ricardo Climent’s supervision and is now a lecturer in music technology at Liverpool Hope University, UK.
Recent successes include First Prize for her work Vista Points in the 10th Musica Viva Electroacoustic Music Competition, 2009, Portugal, and Grand Prize in the Digital Arts Awards, Japan for Kitchen Alchemy.
Manuella Blackburn