Two Sides

2005

2 Voices, Electronics, and Computer | 10 Minutes

For the Dance-Film by Ana Baer-Carrillo and Kim Olson
text by Laine Rettmer

Recordings


2009

Voices + Sine Waves
Digital Download and Limited Edition CD | Avant Media
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World Premiere: Boulder Fringe Festival Finale, Boulder Theatre, Boulder CO - August 27th, 2005
Premiered by: performance and recorded version:
Adria Ryan and Laine Rettmer - Voices
Randy Gibson - Computer

Two Sides was created for the Avant Media produced film by Ana Baer-Carrillo and Kim Olson (the title represents two sides of the same choreography as seen in summer and in winter) and received it world premiere, with the music performed live by Randy Gibson, Adria Ryan, and Laine Rettmer as part of the closing festival for the 2005 Boulder Fringe Festival on August 27, 2005. The poem used as the text material was written by Laine Rettmer specifically for this piece.

The two versions of Two Sides released on Voices + Sine Waves were recorded in a single session in October 2005, well after the World Premiere. Each version represents the same basic material; the underlying music (sine waves, beats) is exactly the same in each version, but the text delivery was completely improvised. Each take is as it was performed live during those sessions. Prior to the mastering, no edits have been made to either version. The sound you hear represents exactly how it sounded in the moment. Voices and Sine Waves blending and mixing in improvisation.

Two Sides - Poem by Laine Rettmer

in between real and reflected
shivering grey
a tenuous connection
an emptiness

sidestepping solids like morality and truth
for a hair-trigger fine abandon
labelless
I'm leaving you - but I'll stay
maybe
the excitement is the space between the paradox


Part of the Constellation:

Doleo Æternus | 2004 - 2009


Presentation History
Mariposa on The Fringe | Boulder, Colorado : August 27th, 2005

See Also:
i left you on a cold day in december | Short Film | 2007
ANGER – again we have been left to dream of glistening embers that endure | Piano, Voice, Guitar (Or Any Set of Instruments), Computer, and Films | 2004
Mémoire-en-Ciel | Seven Movement Suite for Piano in Altered Pythagorean Tuning | 2008
Distant Melodies from a Cold Day between 23 and 29 | Sine-Wave based Accompaniment to the film i left you on a cold day in december, when presented in a proscenium manner | 2007
Doleo Æternus (Equal Tempered Version) | Soloists, Drone Performers, and Rhythmic Performers (any instruments) and Computer | 2004 - 2008
Mujeres de Juárez | Solo Voice and Computer | 2005
Shiver (Videodance Realization) | Short Film | 2010