» A Small Contribution to the Genesis of Everyday Life
A Small Contribution to the Genesis of Everyday Life is a performative piece for two, where both performers are constitutive parts of the audovisual instrument they play on. They are both electrically connected to the instruments’ electronic network so the audio and the video signals which are projected to the audience run through both their bodies in their primary (electric) form. Sound is the domain of the first performer, whereas the second is in charge of the video part.
Sound is generated mainly through feedback connections of mixing boards. There are three static video cameras in the electronic network, one filming performer number one only the second is focused on performer number two while the third is films both of them together. The video performer has the choice of the video signal presented on a cathodic monitor, which is also part of the network. The radiation from the monitor is a crucial factor concerning the auditory materialization of the piece, since the changing proximity of the audio performer in relation to it changes the electronic current in the instrument and consequentially the sonic output. Both the audio and the video signal are fed into the video input of the monitor, so a change in audio also affects the content of the video, but merely distorts the images of the live video input. The audio performer can now decide whether he wants to interact (get closer or in touch) with the monitor screen or he can do the same with the video performer.
