Axis

AXIS

2025, score-based performance

2 string instrument performers play on two ends of a white sculptural sea saw platform, with a conductor on top facing one performer.

2 string instrument performers play on two ends of a white sculptural sea saw platform, with a conductor on top facing one performer.
© Claudia Höhne

2 string instrument performers play on two ends of a white sculptural sea saw platform, with a conductor on top facing one performer.

2 string instrument performers play on two ends of a white sculptural sea saw platform, with a conductor on top facing one performer.

All pictures, except where indicated: video stills from documentation of Performative Symposium

camera: Priyanka Sarkar, Fiona Ahrens, 2025

Axis is a score-based performance in which a sensor-equipped sculpture functions as a physical interface. Movements upon the sculpture control the instruments‘ sound parameters in real time, while spatial relationships between the performers organize the musical structure. Specific states—determined, for instance, by the body’s orientation in space—open or close predefined fields of action, extending even to moments of ad libitum. Movement thus becomes the structuring principle of sound, while sound, in turn, organizes the perception of space.

Christopher Loy (Score, Cello), Sung Mi Marina Kim (Violin), Valerie Renay (Conducting),

Technical direction sound: Gabriel Saber

Idea/concept sculpture: Christopher Loy
Visual design and execution: Daniel Pietschmann
Technical setup: Stanislav Glazov
Set up assistance: Arjun Panayal

Footage by Priyanka Sarkar & Fiona Ahrens

Axis, score based performance for 3 performers and sculptural sound interface, duration variable, 2025

Axis was part of Performative Symposium at LI Hamburg.