The song “Moonchild” performed by “King crimson” as it appears in a scene from the movie “buffalo 66″ is a unique version. Layla, the main character (Christina ricci) is tap-dancing to the sound of this song in a bowling alley, by that creates two layered sound.
The first layer of the sound is the song which defines a special atmosphere and raises unique feelings. These can be described by the imagining of floating freely through outer space with zero gravity and weightlessness. The tap-dancing is the second layer emphasize and dictates the pace of the sound and is a target of attraction that leads one attentively along the composition raises wonders about the essence of the sound. Perhaps, drives one to search and find this essence.
A visually articulation of the song can be found in the crystal snowball effect. When shaken, the crystal snowball twinkles in an abstract and inconsistent way. The tap-dancing’s clear sound can be manifested by the classic wooden marionette and clamshells. The marionette, supposedly generated by an unseen force, can’t be self-sufficient individual. Similarly, clamshells can’t clap by themselves. Presented by themselves emphasize that we are unaware of the generator that activates those entities and causes the process which leads to a specific sound effect.
Translating the tapping sound to a linguistic sign discovers the essential conditions for its creation. There are three essential conditions or parameters to be precise: energy source, steady surface and a Tool – which acts as a mediator. In the case of the sound, the dancer acts as the energy source, dancing upon the floor (the steady surface) in his tap-dancing shoes (the tool). The relations between the three parameters can be defined as a pattern of creation. Each time it appears slightly different thanks to the specific angel, force and movement at a certain time. All of these reduced and find an expression in a single point at which all of the parameters meet; this point is the visualization of a single taping sound. When putting all of these points together as a whole composition they form a spatial experience which is parallel to the audio experience of the sound.
At the site, Namir Bridge, there’s a natural phenomenon that contains the same pattern. At early morning time, the sun beams hit the river water in a very specific angle that allows the river water to act as a reflector (energy source), which projects itself with the assistance of the broken sun beams (the tool) upon the northern wall (the steady surface), creating a dynamic image. Here, the pattern of creation defines a visual image. The fact that the site has the power to reflect upon itself a live movement is amazing. It takes the dynamic feature that exists in the flowing water and projects it to a still component. By this act, a whole new space is created.
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