the eye (unblinking):  for six performers with computer controlled lighting.

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Imagine the sense of excitement that the first film-makers had - the
exhilaration of being able to capture and relive visual moments over and
over.  You can see this in hundreds of short film clips that investigate
the minutiae of daily life - views of cars, people walking, bicycles,
buildings, flickering candles - all with the unblinking eye of the
camera. 

In my music, composing the connections between different media provides
me with what I imagine is a similar sense of excitement and discovery.
I feel that I am on the edge of being able to capture and recreate the
everyday fact that we build our reality through the combination of
sensory perception.

"the eye (unblinking)" aims to make this connection by creating
intermodal gestures - phrases that arise from the interaction between
light and sound.  These two media are not thought of as separate
entities layered on top of each other but, rather, two processes that
interact to reveal a singular meaning.
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