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the president has his
photograph taken for trumpet and video (2005) -----------------------------------------------------------
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note: this piece takes its title and
loose inspiration from the 1928 Kurt Weill opera "Der Zar lässt sich Photographieren",
in which a monarch with a slightly different title than mine goes about
his self-absorbed ways having his photograph taken -- oblivious to a
terrorist plot against his life. I was interested in creating a piece that deals with illusion on multiple levels and that replicates the very private mental world that we create when we think we are alone (itself a kind of illusion). Beyond that, the piece should explain itself. |
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performances:
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| video: tphhpt.mov | |
| duration: 14 minutes | |