the Objects – Cindy Moorman

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the Objects 2010 (continuing)

What happens when voices blend into euphony? In three choral compositions, Moorman explores aspects of the dynamics of collectiveness.

year(s): 2010 (continuing)
context: Van Abbemuseum, Voorlinden, De Garage, Land Art Live, Paradiso, a.o.
commissioner(s): Van Abbemuseum (composition two)
coproducer(s): Van Abbemuseumchoir

During the performance, 22 singers seek to find a joint rhythm and merge into a group - which will ultimately break up again. For a full eight minutes, the space is filled with a chord that briefly unites
the individual entities.

Vocal harmony as a living equilibrium, in which individual sounds dissolve in something greater than the whole and nothing can come about without some form of surrender. At the same time, there’s no avoiding the eventual breakdown of this order.

This choral work is a logical follow-up on my performancebased art: in this work, connection is literally shaped in sound, time and space. At the end of the performance, the audience can look back on three abstract translations of something that they were part of, albeit for a fleeting moment - something that then vanished into thin air.