Howl/Touched
Photo:
Patrick St-DenisHowl/Touched
Written by
Patrick St-Denisfor
FlyingCaninterpreted by
Patrick St-Denisas part of:
Totem Electric #9
There’s something ghostly about Jean-François Laporte’s FlyingCan. The air that enters by the bevel of the instrument produces sounds that sometimes recall the human voice or the cry of an animal. I wanted to put this aspect forward by augmenting the FlyingCan with a positioning sensor in order to trigger sounds and control lights located on the floor. The triggered sounds, often close to the feminine voice, prolong the presence of the body, already manifest at the level of the instrument, to the interactive components. - P. Saint-Denis
This excerpt of Howl/Touched was filmed during Totem Électrique IX at the Montreal Music Conservatory on 3 June 2017.
