In 2001 Yannis Kyriakides, Joost Rekveld and myself made ‘Scape’, a composition of around 90 minutes for 15 piece band (Dutch ensemble ‘De Volharding’), electronics and a large single-screen projection. It was commissioned by Orkest De Volharding and produced by the Korzo theatre in The Hague. I filmed hours of footage on video that were later edited by Joost Rekveld who also animated the images through an algorithmic montage thus rearranging the time sequence in each shot, for this piece inspired by chronophotography.
‘Scape’ is an exploration of the different ‘senses’ of time inherent in the representation of movement through notes and images. Music and the technology of moving pictures share a common strategy that facilitates the manipulation of time: discontinuity. The intervals between notes on a paper and the frames on a film strip are what make these media such powerful tools; these intervals are what allows for montage, composition and orchestration. Full text here