Polish Premiere of Pulsating Skin (2021)
In November Tomek Szczepaniak will give a Polish premiere of Pulsating skin (2021) at festivals - Audioart festival Kraków (November.16) and Hashtag Lab, Warszawa (November 22). Premiered in Darmstadt Summer Course 2021 by 5 performers, Pulsating skin has since been presented in various versions across six countries. Tomek Szczepaniak, appointed teacher at the Conservatory of Poznan, is an accomplished performer who has performed at the famous Warsaw Autumn.
Program note of Pulsating skin 13″-17″
4 snare drums have transducers – small loud-speakers that transmit sound towards the interior of the instrument, attached to their skin. Sound is being sent to drums that act like resonating bodies manipulated by human touch. These harmonies are inspired by the physical models, the resonance of a circular membrane tuned to a snare drum frequency. Performers illuminate the sounds they are hearing (and feeling!) with no score to follow. The pulses that guide musicians are created from a superposition of slightly different frequencies as the sound alternately interfere constructively and destructively thus creating pulsation (beats). Snare drums radiate mechanical pulses characteristic to the city combined with allusions to the nature still present in urban surroundings.
