Assemblage

Abstract

Assemblage is a collaboration commissioned by Marc Taddei (Conductor, Orchestra Wellington) between notable composer Alex Taylor and artist Simon Ingram. Months before the performance, in its Auckland studio, audio of Ingram's painting robot making a simple painted composition was recorded using a special piezo electric contact mic. This audio is treated by Taylor as a soloist of sorts and a composition and instrumentation written as a response to it. On 2 August 2019 Assemblage is performed to 2000 people in the Michael Fowler Centre. The sound of the robot remaking the painted composition on stage and in time to the orchestra is amplified to become a layer in the performance as the pitch and tempo of the orchestra approaches and moves away from it. Assemblage was one of three 2020 SOUNZ Contemporary Award Te Tohu Auaha Finalists. Contemporary classical composition, robotics and abstract painting: https://tinyurl.com/xrtbfddd