Spiral Permutations: Audiovisuelle Performance mit Kelvin Sholar und Aleksandra

At the center of this performance by Kelvin Sholar and Aleksandra is a constantly changing musical theme that gradually returns to its original form. The theme, composed from all twelve notes of the chromatic scale - one of hundreds of millions of possible permutations - undergoes a series of transformations, including rotation, mirroring, inversion and repetition. These operations fragment and reshape the melody, causing it to temporarily lose its identity.

The work unfolds over the course of six overlapping phases: Vocal, percussion, classical piano, jazz piano, electronic and techno, each phase transposing the theme into a different musical language and physical medium. Language transitions into breath and rhythm, while percussion slowly emerges; composed piano textures expand into improvisations; electronically generated atmospheric sounds condense into a pulsating groove. Each musical environment develops into an independent domain, a citizenship of its own, as it were. And the performance plays out a live negotiation process between these sonic territories.

The multidisciplinary artist Aleksandra performs simultaneously within a three-dimensional animated environment, mirroring the musical transformations in space. In the final phase of the performance, the audience is invited to join her pulsation and become active participants instead of merely remaining in the role of spectators. When the electronic sounds of the sixth version of the main theme gradually fade away, only human voices remain. What remains is a fleeting form of belonging that manifests itself through listening, participating and the shared act of creating sounds.

This event is part of Plural Citizenships and Common Exceptions.