| Hillary Zipper • place untouched by the sun in winter (2004) |
| for alto saxophone and electronics |
| place untouched by the sun in winter is a fragment of a title of a work by artist Andy Goldsworthy: |
| Stones dipped in water then frozen to quarry face made slowly over three cold days place untouched by the sun in winter |
| The sculpture is a cone-shaped pile of stones that extends horizontally from a vertical cliff face in a frozen quarry. The stones are held in place by ice, and the quarry surrounding the work is a delicate crosshatching of bare tree branches and hanging icicles. I was fascinated by this photograph and this place, and by the idea of something as ephemeral as ice holding in place something as permanent and as solid as a cairn of stones. The barely-present sounds in place untouched are my translation of this landscape. place untouched by the sun in winter was written for, and is dedicated to, saxophonist Brian Sacawa. Click here to listen. |
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