Disturbance/Resilience
Scientist: Dina Nethisa Rasquinha
Composer: Kathryn Eleanore Koopman
Musicians
Guitar: James Matthew Terrell
Viola: Daniel Karcher
Violin: Alexis Rose Boylan
Tabla: Freeman Leverett
Percussionist: Andrew Blair
Composer: Kathryn Eleanore Koopman
Musicians
Guitar: James Matthew Terrell
Viola: Daniel Karcher
Violin: Alexis Rose Boylan
Tabla: Freeman Leverett
Percussionist: Andrew Blair
As part of the ICC 2020 researcher-composer concert, I collaborated with Kathryn Koopman, from the Hugh Hogdon school of music on Disturbance/Resilience.
Disturbance/Resilience translates the tangled networks that dominate mangrove ecosystems on the east coast of India. It resembles the different interactions that create a mangrove ecosystem. It draws attention to the disturbances (small to large, ecological and human induced) that threaten a tree’s identity. At the same time, it also signifies the resilience with which the disturbance is absorbed through sturdy root networks, and the dense weave of the forest.
The mangrove motive and it's ecosystem
The “mangrove motive” is played by the guitar/viola/violin. Their parts sound tangled and interwoven like the roots of a mangrove tree. Even though their parts are different, they are intertwined and make the most sense when you have them all playing together. The tabla represents different types of disturbances the trees encounter, both human induced and ecological, and the "mangrove" motive responds to these different disturbances in different ways: sometimes it is hesitant and takes a while to lock back into a groove, while other times it is very confident in its resilience. The percussion plays environmental sounds to echo the space of the estuary, sometimes working in tandem and sometimes against the disturbances.
Disturbance/Resilience translates the tangled networks that dominate mangrove ecosystems on the east coast of India. It resembles the different interactions that create a mangrove ecosystem. It draws attention to the disturbances (small to large, ecological and human induced) that threaten a tree’s identity. At the same time, it also signifies the resilience with which the disturbance is absorbed through sturdy root networks, and the dense weave of the forest.
The mangrove motive and it's ecosystem
The “mangrove motive” is played by the guitar/viola/violin. Their parts sound tangled and interwoven like the roots of a mangrove tree. Even though their parts are different, they are intertwined and make the most sense when you have them all playing together. The tabla represents different types of disturbances the trees encounter, both human induced and ecological, and the "mangrove" motive responds to these different disturbances in different ways: sometimes it is hesitant and takes a while to lock back into a groove, while other times it is very confident in its resilience. The percussion plays environmental sounds to echo the space of the estuary, sometimes working in tandem and sometimes against the disturbances.
UPDATED ON JULY 31, 2021