Soojin - Visual Art

Pre Performance -

The first interpretation of the score I had only remained literal. Images of scattering insects or flower petals came to mind. Fire work is another depiction of the score that I had. I thought about what kind of music or noises each of the instruments would play or sound like. It was hard to imagine how anybody could read this score.

Even though the performance is done as one, everybody partaking in the project will most likely produce works with extreme individuality. Some unity might be visible within the instruments because of the difference in the mediums as opposed to art students. Because of the way a score is 'supposed' to be read might be imprinted, a lot of staccato beats or sounds could be guessed to be heard. For those using visual arts as the medium, they might not have as much to relate with each other as opposed to using music as the medium. In the overall picture however, the performance will definitely seem rather bizzare because of the unique individualism added by each person.

Post Performance -

The BAR Project turned out to be how I imagined it would be. The musicians generally focused on busy and staccato notes whereas the artists produced drawings "broken" drawings. It was interesting to see how everyone read the score literally and interpreted it literally. It was weird but intriguing at the same time to hear music according to the score that was given to me to interpret into a drawing. The idea of either coming together into a perfect form or brokeness was depicted in the drawings as well as the music and drama. Again, this probably happened because of the way everyone was reading the score since rather than an actual music score, it was closer to a diagram with symbols and shapes. I think it would be interesting to try it over and over to see how broad the interpretation of each medium gets as it gets further and further away from the literal translation of the score.