Sarah Westwood
Sarah Westwood
I use memory and intuition as a source for my music, and am drawn toward mixed media/interdisciplinary projects, for dance, video, theatre, installation or concert works. I make both acoustic and electronic music, sometimes incorporating found objects and sounds. In my current research practice, I use the memory of composing for dance as a compositional process. This feedback results in a memory of a memory for new compositions ...
Sarah Westwood
composer//sound artist//musician
I use memory and intuition as a source for my music, and am drawn toward mixed media/interdisciplinary projects, for dance, video, theatre, installation or concert works. I make both acoustic and electronic music, sometimes incorporating found objects and sounds. In my current research practice, I use the memory of composing for dance as a compositional process. This feedback results in a memory of a memory for new compositions ...
Sarah Westwood
composer//sound artist//musician
furl
part one
From Old French fer, ferm ‘firm’ + lier ‘bind’, meaning to roll or fold up (something) neatly and securely.
A way for me to express how I may
try to open up
or withdraw
internally was to
focus on
the physical unfurling of a fern leaf.
I’m fascinated by how the
plant curls up
or unravels depending on
different touch;
human touch,
water and light touch,
heat and cold, and
I thought about unraveling,
or coiling up, these
possibilities with the viola.
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Performances:
29/04/20 Mark Menzies // ICSM World Music Days Festival, Christchurch New Zealand
26/07/19 Aleksandra Demowska-Madejska // Radziejowski, Poland Synthetis, Pałac Radziejowski
Sarah Westwood - composer
Aleksandra Demowska-Madejska - viola
Jan Jędrzejczyk - recording
Serhii Vilka- video
Live premiere recording, 26 July 2019
The Artists House hall in Radziejowice, Poland - SYNTHETIS