writing on water
writing on water is both the title of a single piece and of an expanding cycle of electro-acoustic pieces. The first pieces, writing on water (first book), were commissioned by Matthew Herbert for his record label, Accidental, as part of a compilation album. (writing on water appears on You Are Here, Accidental AC07 CD).
I decided to produce two further books to expand the series, the total length of which is
intended to be 20-30 minutes, for release on cd. Although they appear in a certain order on
the cd itself, the pieces are designed to be played in any order several times over.
With the final number of pieces estimated to be 11, this means that there are 39,916,800
possible ways of hearing the tracks, and, in turn, the work.
ian vine X 2001
Jennifer George, flute(s). Ian Vine, guitars, piano, electronics.
recordings realised at first moon studio.
listen to tracks from writing on water on Last.fm
you are here - Accidental Records compilation, with writing on water (2000)
films
I invited Richard Lonsdale of Red Leader Industries, to make some films with the pieces from (first book) and writing on water itself.
writing on water (2000)
film: Richard Lonsdale © 2003 Red Leader
satellite (1999)
film: Richard Lonsdale © 2002 Red Leader
for jen (1999)
film: Katherine Green © 2001 Red Leader
films hosted on Vimeo
list of pieces
(third book) (2004-)
- forty objects (2007)
- 40 guitars
- thirty objects (2004)
- flute
(second book) (2001-)
- seven with four (2001) 3 minutes ~ (to be recorded)
- piccolo, flute, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, 7 classical guitars and electronics
- four with seven 3 minutes ~ (planned)
- piccolo, flute, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, 7 classical guitars and electronics
- replica (planned)
- electric guitars, acoustic guitars, electronics
- writing on water (2000) 1 minute 40 seconds ~
- flute, 7 guitars, piano and electronics
(first book) (1999)
- satellite (1999) 32 seconds
- flute, guitar and electronics
- for jen (1999) 33 seconds
- 3 flutes, 3 guitars and electronics
- small moon (1999) 30 seconds
- flute, 4 guitars and piano
- desert / catch (1999) 20 seconds
- flute, 6 guitars, piano and electronics