cOEXISTENCIA, 2020
Performance 30’
This performance proposed a space of coexistence and reciprocal influence between performers and audience, blurring the boundaries between composition, improvisation, and collective experience.
Rooted in the dialectic between randomness and control—with clear references to John Cage’s aleatoric principles—the piece unfolded through four interdependent elements:
Light as Score: A system of five colored lights, each linked to a tone from the G minor pentatonic scale, operated randomly. These lights became the audience's score, guiding their vocal responses in real time.
The Audience as Performer: Previously introduced to the sonic-colour correspondences, participants were invited to engage vocally with the lights, becoming an integral sonic layer of the work.
The Ensemble: Two violins, two violas, two cellos, two double basses, drum set, keyboard, electric guitar, and marimba formed the core of the musical structure, simultaneously responsive and autonomous.
The Score: Composed in four movements, all within the G minor pentatonic scale, the written material offered a formal counterpoint to the spontaneous elements, enabling a tension between order and fluidity.
What emerged was an ephemeral ecology of sound, perception, and participation. Rather than presenting music as a unidirectional gesture, the performance reframed it as a shared field—a choreographed coexistence where control and surrender coexisted.
Through light, sound, and presence, the piece invited reflection on how structure and chance shape our experience, not just as listeners, but as co-creators of meaning.
