We called it utopia

We called it utopia explores hybrid spaces between instruments and electronics, electronics as instruments, stretched presents and frozen pasts. Written for two pianos and pitched percussion, the electronics provide gateways for the different instruments to queer their categories and abilities: the piano’s double-escape mechanism is electronically reproduced to allow for extremely fast repetitions on the glockenspiel, or the vibraphone’s motor vibrations are transposed as very slow amplitude modulation onto the piano.

The text by writer Göksu Kunak, projected at the end of the piece, points to a queer utopia, registering questions around normative reproduction within a dystopian atmosphere.

There was death during the night and thankfully no births took place.

We called it utopia.