2 minutes from home
Author Identifier (ORCID)
Cat Hope’s ORCID record 
Lindsay Vickery’s ORCID record Stuart James’s ORCID record
Non-Traditional Research Output
Live Performance
Document Type
Non-Traditional Research Output
Date of Publication
2021
Location of the Work
Perth
Research Statement
Research Background
Decibel are world-leading interpreters of graphic notations & pioneer digital score formats for composition & performance. Separated between Melbourne & Perth, the ensemble launched the ‘2 Minutes from Home’ project in response to the restrictions imposed on artists & arts organisations during the COVID pandemic. This provided an opportunity to commission 20 local, national, & international composers to write for the Decibel ScorePlayer application, a tool used to deliver music notation over WiFi, coordinate music performance over the internet (James et al., 2017), & allow for exploration of the newly emergent practice ‘animated music notation’ (Smith, 2016). Composers negotiated their own new strategies to exploring animated notation. The ensemble were engaged in multi-method research: action-based method (McNiff, 2006) in the refinement of score interpretation, & collaborative research (Hayden & Windsor, 2007) facilitating knowledge exchange.
Research Contribution
The Decibel ScorePlayer has facilitated novel strategies in how the score can be realised, enabling the rehearsal and recording of work across remote cities during lockdown. Every compositional work approached animated music notation in different ways, requiring ensemble members to negotiate collaboratively how best to interpret each work. Composers were each interviewed by members of the ensemble on their creative approaches to the notation. Innovations in musical performance were realised through new methods of interpretation required for performing animated music notation.
Research Significance
The project has been featured in Seesaw, Limelight, & the Music Trust magazines, The Saturday Paper, & by the Australian Music Centre. After the release of the 20 commissions throughout 2020, the project has been presented online at both ‘La Grande Nuit 2021’ of the Festival Montréal (Canada) & ‘Earth Day Art Model 2021’ Festival (USA).
Publication Title
Earth Day art model 2021
School
Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA)
RAS ID
35959
Event Title
Perth International Jazz Festival
Event Dates
June 18 - October 24, 2020; February 27, April 22, 2021
Additional Information
Facebook Online Delivery, ‘La Grande Nuit 2021’ at Festival Montréal/Nouvelles Musiques, and Earth Day Art Model, an online festival directed by Scott Deal (USA)
Duration
40 mins
Copyright
free_to_read
Comments
Hope, C., Parr, T., Wyatt, A., Devenish, L., Vickery, L., & James, S. (2021). 2 minutes from home. Earth Day art model 2021.
https://edam2021.deck10.media/stages/main#event-ax8lnpjnt