Carpal Tunnel

My hands and wrists are aching from programming. No kidding, I think I'm developing carpal tunnel and/or various other horrifying ailments related to long hours in front of the computer.

Have worked out many visual issues, some audio, but very behind. Preview in Weimar in one week, no material for that- panicked? Yes.

3 weeks until the Biennial closing with Ill Corr, not so panicked with visual under control, but still at a loss for what the audio should be. I know what I have, which isn't much. Not what I'd planned and not what I'd hoped for, and I'm still trying to figure out how to get that, but... until I have a crew to realize it, I am going to set it aside and wait for the next time.

So what happens now? I am giving the visual a beta test tonight, locally. We will see what comes of it. The difficulty is balancing spatial considerations with medial, with context. This is a live event, I won't project screen savers. This is a media event, I want to emphasize the live aspect. This is an event in public space, I don't want to contain the result or restrain the result within the limitations of the media I am using.

It's a balancing act, but I've found my footing.

It's good prep for The Thirsty Sword which will premiere either in San Francisco or Brno, Czeck Repub. this November, depending on when I finish it. Somewhere in there I will be composing the soundtrack to a documentary about Buchenwald.

This week's music picks: Christophe Willem Inventaire, mediated by Yuji Takahashi Real Time 8.