Tag Archives: Angharad Davies

Skin and Bone Listening

Posted on December 15, 2014 by davidtoop

How to be, where to be, in a space, with sound, with other bodies? For me, in relation to what performance is becoming, this has been the biggest question of the past year. What does it mean to hear? What … Continue reading →

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that lead beneath brambles to the bodies and minds of others

Posted on September 7, 2014 by davidtoop

The book jacket is designed by Vanessa Bell, sister to Virginia Woolf. Her drawing for the front of the jacket is of trees and grasses, many black pen lines pulling and curling in vortical movement, little differentiation made between figure … Continue reading →

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FLAT TIME/sounding: the absent desire object

Posted on December 11, 2012 by davidtoop

A question to be asked: why compose for improvisers? Questions are directed at time: what are the possibilities for articulating time? Improvisations splinter time. Hit a sheet of glass with a hammer and if the tap achieves the right velocity … Continue reading →

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