Material: Sound, Feeback, Composition, Installation

As Is(It be) - A composition using feedback to provide and to consider presence

Bridging to(Constellatory Fragments) - A composition using bits of feedback leaning on sparse rhythm, imagined as a space of fragments being used as a bridge

Possibilities(Approaching Kismet) - A composition using feedback as a source sound then processed and layed out on a keyboard. The keys are played then in a manner of meandering reflection.

Exhibition notes regarding the composition/installation:

Blues in Technology From the Perspective of Sonic Culture. “Blues” has as much to do with the music as it does with self awareness, knowing oneself and the human experience. This project will be considering the ways in which James Baldwin intentionally used the blues to influence his writing style, then applying that to other creative practices. Using that “blues” to navigate and improvise with new experience, technology and the unknown.

Feedback as a compositional tool. Using feedback manipulation as an improvisational instrument began via happenstance and interest in exploring an alternative sonic interface. The key tenet knowing oneself has to do with how one reacts to information and how one listens to that feedback. The lines between the pedals and the power signal have to connect to create the sonic alteration. Another connection had to do with me and the sound. By me, I mean me and my body. When I first started I would always have large amps behind me. Later on, I had a decent monitor placed in front of me when performing. This allowed me to engage with a depth of presence.

When exploring it all sonically I thought that I would start with the rhythm in the hallway as I thought that this would be the key connecting factor, the threading of the rooms and the unifier of it all. The more time that passes the more I realise that whatever form this takes I can’t exactly plan it. The first thing I started to explore was the bass. What tone should it have? If there is a limited number of speakers available, should I use multiple for the bass?

Imagine a language so open it holds the complexity of everything - feedback is the invisible resonance between things, both living and dead.

‘Buggin’ Out and Cuttin’ the Fool are Holly Ghost Adjacent’ is centered around three compositions of Eiliyas arising from the topic ‘Blues in Technology from the Perspective of Sonic Culture’, the exhibition explores connections between sound and spirituality, technology and body-movements. Through different technologies and feedback oriented methods, the sounds compose and decompose throughout the space, reflecting the feeling of daydreaming, the conscious and unconscious state.