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Stochastic music is a compositional technique that uses random processes to generate musical elements. It is inspired by probability theory and statistics, and it involves applying mathematical algorithms to create melodies, harmonies, rhythms, and other aspects of music. Greek composer Iannis Xenakis is one of the pioneers of this approach. In N. 33 Holistic notation study I {Granular visions}, this approach serves as the basis for the organisation of of the visual and sonic layers, the effects and dynamic levels while taking the sound synthesis technique referred to granular synthesis - which was also first discovered by Xenakis - to the visual level. The piece takes a look into the greatest expanse and the finest microscopy. It fuses images and sounds that elude the lazy eye and ear, constantly escaping them. Visitors view the work through jeweller's loupes, which – attached to a microscreen – add an extra layer of blurry deception and fuse the screen with the piece. The images and sounds cannot be pinned down because they only take shape in the granular range, usually between 5 and 80 ms, rarely longer. By doing so, the template evolves to a substantially new work, opens up abstract worlds while the flood rattles faster than the brain.
Link to the score https://www.universaledition.com/en/Works/N.-33-Holistic-notation-study-I-Granular-visions/P0271766
Artist biography
Artist biography
Christian Dimpker is a composer and art theorist with a background in Philosophy, History and Sound Studies, culminating in a doctorate in Musicology and Composition. Dimpker’s music includes instrumental, vocal, orchestral, choral and electroacoustic works (opera N. 1-26) with a strong theoretical basis through the treatise Extended Notation: The Depiction of the Unconventional (LIT Verlag, 2013). Currently, Dimpker is expanding this artistic research – the upcoming monograph Holistic Notation: Methods of Writing Scores for the Visual and Performing Arts (Transcript Publishing/Columbia University Press, 2025) develops notations for extramusical events. It enables composers to write scores for light ballets, video, performance or mediatic dances (opera N. 27-38). All pieces are published by Universal Edition Vienna. Dimpker’s artistic research has been recognised through numerous grants, inter alia awarded by the Berlin Senate, the German government, the E.ON and Lotto foundations as well as the German Artist Fund, Musikfonds and GEMA – with performances and exhibitions across Germany, Japan, France, South Korea, Portugal, Australia, Serbia, the USA, England, Sweden and Romania by ensembles such as the International Contemporary Ensemble, Contemporary Insights, Elision Ensemble, Ensemble 2e2m and Ensemble Resonanz. In addition, Dimpker’s works as a music engraver include Helmut Lachenmann’s Schreiben for Breitkopf & Härtel and numerous pieces for James Dashow.
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