Three sessions at Bærums verk with composer Ranghild Berstad and professor Ivar Frounberg, music technologists Alexander Jensenius and performer Kjell Tore Innervik where we worked with developing ideas and making glass objects which have a potential of producing interesting sound.
Sessions during the summer of making glass objects
Session in august of experimenting with electronics and developing a setup to play on, a layout of instruments, lightning and sound possibilities and playing on the instruments to get an idea of what to use them to.
The composer worked constantly in her studio to make a piece incorporating the instruments. Different ways into the material as what sounds do I want the glass artist to make to what can I use this glass objcts.
Sessions i august and september: Ragnhild playing wtih the glasses at home, experimenting with vater, stick differnt playing technics. and working out a composition.
Kjell Tore dropped by 3 times to se the progress, playing with the instruments to inspire the composer and to learn the thing the composer has found out.
September organicing the set up: positions, height, finding the optmal gap, finding a place for the note stand, microphones, pedals, playing with the sounds, organicing the sound patch. Thinking about the project sucsessfactors, mistakes, unclearities, art - consept, yhe feeling of ownership.
testing contact microphones: geat signal. minor problems with feedback, getting processing ready in Ableton Live, using remote MIDI pedal and faders.
The title of the piece: RAGNHILD BERSTAD: MODUS III FOR INSTRUMENTS MADE BY GLASS AND ELECTRONICS
The instruments were also intensivly used in the whole project and resulted in many musical works.
