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Black folding chairs arranged in a multi ring circle on a constructed black stage in the concert hall orchestra pit.

Hyper-Rainforest

Francisco López
April 28-30, 2011
Concert Hall

Rainforests are inhabited by an incredibly rich variety of sounds—much like a piece of electronic music: the astonishing variety of sounds comes from sources that are concrete yet overwhelmingly invisible. Hyper-Rainforest is a monumental sound piece, both in duration and in how the sounds are projected to the Concert Hall. All music in this performance stems from field recordings—but it does not simulate the natural reality of the original locations. Instead, the work creates a sonic hyper-reality, a virtual world of sound and music that goes beyond a trip to a rainforest. The original materials are observed, analyzed, and composed to create a piece that surrounds the audience, moving deep into the sounds themselves and toward new sounds still rooted in their origins. This world premiere commission was developed in residence at EMPAC.

Media

Over seven days: 80+ speakers, a whole lot of truss, platform, and some very very fast moving EMPAC staff make for the realization of Francisco's López's commissioned multi-channel composition Hyper-Rainforest.

Dates + Tickets

Music/Sound
Performance
Commission
Hyper-Rainforest
Francisco López
Thursday 28
8:00 PM
April 2011
Friday 29
8:00 PM
April 2011
Friday 29
9:30 PM
April 2011
Saturday 30
8:00 PM
April 2011
$16/$13/$6/EMPAC+ Free
Saturday 30
9:30 PM
April 2011
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