Illuminated Man

Nov 14, 1983
Field:

Concert, Performance

 Location:

Grand Luxe Hall, Western Front

Description:

John Fonville (flute), Jim Staley (trombone), and David Weinstein (piano, electronics) of the New York music space Roulette Intermedium performed realizations of Weinstein’s room-sized graphic score The Illuminated Man. The composition, in the form of a “floorpiece notation,” was arranged at the centre of the Grand Luxe Hall, with the performers positioned along the periphery. 

Presented as part of the program Performance/Space. 

Video documentation available upon request.
David Weinstein plays the piano in the Grand Luxe Hall. He twists in his chair to read notation on a room-sized graphic score laid out on the floor. A camera person documents the performance from behind a tripod. The image is in black and white.

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