cathy van eck



hout en snaren
a piece for violin, loudspeaker object and live electronics

Listen to two fragments of this piece: fragment 1  fragment 2

Cathy van Eck hout en snaren

In this piece the source material of the violin, wood and strings, is the main focus. Besides the violin also a loudspeaker object, constructed out of a tactile transducer, wood and strings, is playing. The loudspeaker object is an archaic counterpart of the violin, being wild and chaotic. As opposed to the violin, her strings are not put up cleanly, but free to vibrate with the sound.

The tactile transducer sends all the sounds through the wood and strings. This is an absolute non-linear loudspeaker, in contrary to normal PA loudspeakers.

The loudspeaker object starts with imitating the violin. With help of live electronics, sounds of the violin are transformed and played through the loudspeaker object. The violin is heard through the wood and strings of the loudspeaker object. During the piece the loudspeaker object looks for it own sounds, experiencing with its own sounds of wood and strings.