Movement IV Part I: co-dependence | Music of the Earth

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Movement IV: Return to Harmony with Nature
Part I: co-dependence | by Samuel Loveless

“co-dependence” is an interactive installation that focuses on the theme of a “return to harmony with nature in a sustainable future” by making humans the subject of this work. This installation requires audience members to participate in a harmonising process by interacting with a suspended electric guitar (i.e. through pushing, swinging, bashing or more traditionally playing it etc.), beneath which is a vessel of dirty water. As the participants interact with the electric guitar - in turn moving it - the dirty water below begins a journey of purification.

Floating in the dirty water, amongst the plastic bags and drinks cans is a speaker that plays both the live electric guitar sounds and field recordings of bird calls (submitted by the public). As the purification process progresses, the water level in the dirty vessel decreases, allowing the submerged speaker to emerge. In turn, allowing the sounds from the live electric guitar and bird-calls to become increasingly resonant, sonorous and harmonious.

Samuel D. Loveless is a composer, trumpeter and performance artist. His composition spans a range of genres challenging the traditional approach, exploring the relationship between performer, space and audience. As someone who is neurodiverse, accessibility and inclusivity is central to his work.

Samuel has recently completed a Masters in Composition at the Royal College of Music receiving a Distinction, under Dr Haris Kittos as a South Square Trust Award Holder and a Vaughan Williams Bursary recipient.
www.samueldloveless.co.uk
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Music of the Earth is a 4-movement mini-symphony and emotional appeal inspired by research about our beautiful planet and climate and environmental change at large. It is a co-production by Imperial College PhD students and 7 talented young composers from around the world, and features field recordings submitted by members of the public.

You can donate to our fundraiser for Conservation International at gofund.me/92711ae4 and find out more about the project (including where to follow us for updates, events etc.) at linktr.ee/musicoftheearth .
Thank you in advance for any donations, and for listening.