sound poetics
Each piece includes site-generated field recordings that act as interpreters of the landscape and are fragmented echoes of the charged atmosphere that surrounds Angel Island. The story-line elements are compiled from historical research. I have invited three readers to contribute their voices as reiterations of the diverse and complex personage that has made passage to this island.
prologue
narration: Leora Lutz
accompaniment: Ocean of Sounds (fragmented) by John Cage; ocean of Angel Island
accompaniment: Ocean of Sounds (fragmented) by John Cage; ocean of Angel Island
stops along the walk (map)
#1 la isla
voice: Ricardo Alzati (English and Spanish)
content: journal entry of Father Vincente Santa Maria, chaplain for the ship San Carlos, 1775.
accompaniment: boats on Ayala Cove dock, footsteps on wood, leaves, birds, ocean
content: journal entry of Father Vincente Santa Maria, chaplain for the ship San Carlos, 1775.
accompaniment: boats on Ayala Cove dock, footsteps on wood, leaves, birds, ocean
#2 tasted wind
voices: Leora Lutz (English), Dimeng Brehmer (English and Mandarin)
content: narrated lines from several Immigration Station poems recited in succession to create one long poem
accompaniment: Immigration Station bell, footsteps on Immigration Station floors, Immigration Station door opening and closing, gravel footsteps surrounding Immigration Station, ocean
content: narrated lines from several Immigration Station poems recited in succession to create one long poem
accompaniment: Immigration Station bell, footsteps on Immigration Station floors, Immigration Station door opening and closing, gravel footsteps surrounding Immigration Station, ocean
#3 lineage
voices: fragments from various island locations
content: minimalist syncopated sound
accompaniment: ambient music from Fort McDowell visitors center, echoes in solitary confinement quarters, birds, acorns falling on wet oak leaves, footsteps on wet leaves and ground
content: minimalist syncopated sound
accompaniment: ambient music from Fort McDowell visitors center, echoes in solitary confinement quarters, birds, acorns falling on wet oak leaves, footsteps on wet leaves and ground
#4 sailor's lament
voice: Gibb Schreffler, PhD Musicology (English and German)
content: confinement letter, Immigration Station poem in Morse code, Magelhan Sailor Shanty
accompaniment: electronic personae, drum and flute segment from Rights of Man by unknown source, fog horns, ocean
content: confinement letter, Immigration Station poem in Morse code, Magelhan Sailor Shanty
accompaniment: electronic personae, drum and flute segment from Rights of Man by unknown source, fog horns, ocean
epilogue
narration: Leora Lutz.
accompaniment: Ocean of Sounds (fragmented) by John Cage; field recordings of ferry dock and crowds, ferry and ocean
accompaniment: Ocean of Sounds (fragmented) by John Cage; field recordings of ferry dock and crowds, ferry and ocean