Suzanne Farrin, diamond in the square

Описание: Suzanne Farrin - diamond in the square

Sō Percussion - Inside of Piano

Recorded by Nelson Dorado and Caley Monahon-Ward, assisted by Jimin Brelsford.
Edited and mixed by Nelson Dorado.
Additional mix and mastering by Matt Poirier.

diamond in the square was Co-commissioned by University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, The National Gallery, and The New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

The recording of diamond in the square was funded by the TIME:SPANS 2020 Festival and was made possible by the Earle Brown Music Foundation Charitable Trust. diamond in the square recording is used by permission of TIME:SPANS Festival.

Part of Sō Percussion's "25x25" Box Set on Cantaloupe Music (https://sopercussion.bandcamp.com/alb...)

diamond in the square is a quilting pattern consisting of two objects. The inner square is rotated 45 degrees to become a diamond while the other forms its border. The colors can be bold and solid, giving way to intricate, nearly invisible stitching patterns that loop and connect the entire piece. The thread seems to create an invisible language whose contrasts are created through subtle changes in texture rather than color or pattern. You must adjust your eyes to see them. Diamonds in the square are found all over American folk art quilting. Probably like many of you, I recognized the image before I knew how to name it.

This piece is inspired by atmospheres of women’s work. As I worked out the sounds from inside the piano, my body hunched over, I was drawn into the kind of meditation that comes with repetitive tasks. It reminded me of sitting near my grandmothers while they created and transformed objects through interwoven fibers. In this work, the fibers are given sound. A collection of strings from yarns to lobster cord move through the piano as if on a loom. The musicians are hunched over their art and slowing separating from their physical bodies, which is exactly what I saw my grandmothers do as they sat in the evenings with projects on their laps and fingers that moved as if animated by another intelligence. It was a way to free the mind.

Suzanne Farrin