Description:
Don Buchla (synthesizer, electric music box) and Ami Radunskaya (cello, electric cello, vocals) performed a concert in the Grand Luxe Hall as part of the festival Music from the New Wilderness.
The first part of their performance involved an alchemy experiment, in which Buchla combined a number of substances to create a controlled explosion with sulphuric acid. Following an intermission, Radunskaya and Buchla performed several works with accompaniment by projected visuals.
The concert featured the following compositions:
Jean Pelink, Sonatine Chimique (H2S04)
Pierre Boulez, excerpt from …explosant-fixe…
Don Buchla, Anagnorisis–Jeanne d’Arc
Don Buchla, Sili Con Cello
David Rosenboom, The Seduction of Sapientia
Video documentation available upon request.
Western Front is a non-profit artist-run centre in Vancouver.
We acknowledge the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations as traditional owners of the land upon which Western Front stands.