Score - Blue-gray Waves by Amor Muñoz

Score – Blue-gray Waves

Pleated fabric and music box with punched card 43 1/4 x 35 1/2 in 109.9 x 89.9 cmFrom the series Notes and Folds

The Notes and Folds series consists of framed, pleated textiles whose patterns are translated into a musical score. The work aims to create a connection between sound and form, programming and handcraft. Each sound sculpture is mapped and translated into different musical patterns. An accompanying music box is built into each frame, revealing the work's musical coding. The project is inspired by Ada Lovelace’s work who related automat computational programming to music, as well as by the practices of two twentieth century composers: Morton Feldman, who based several of his compositional techniques in asymmetrical patterns of Middle East rugs (i.e. Coptic Light for orchestra) and Conlon Nancarrow, with complex compositions for player pianos that connect the artisan’s work to programming when codifying their music with perforations done by hand on paper rolls.

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