Enno Poppe - Point Ones Conductor Solo [Alexander Schubert]

EXTRACT of the Piece. Performed by Ensemble Mosaik Conducted by Enno Poppe Composed by Alexander Schubert Video: Evy Schubert. Point Ones For augmented conductor small ensemble (violin, cello, saxophone/clarinet, e-guitar, drum kit, piano and conductor) 2012 13' English Program Notes: Alexander Schubert - "Point Ones"(2012) For augmented conductor, small ensemble (violin, cello, saxophone/clarinet, e-guitar, drum kit, piano and conductor) and live electronics Duration ca. 13' In "Point Ones" the conductor is equipped with motion sensors and through this is able to conduct both the ensemble and the live-electronics. Most of the piece is not realized with traditional conducting but with cue gestures, that mark beginning of new passages - hence the title "Point Ones". The aim is to be able to experience the live-electronics in an embodied way and to create a fully controllable instrument for the conductor. Because of that the piece does not use a click track or other timeline-based fixed approaches. Above those technical considerations the piece tries to play with the vocabulary of the conductor and the anticipations and traditions connected to those gestures. It is not always predictable what the result of the conductors movement will be. The piece is part of a sequence of sensor-based works like e.g. "Your Fox's, A Dirty Gold" and "Laplace Tiger", in which different interaction concepts with augmented instruments and performance codes are dealt with.