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Video 4 Senusian Fields Program Notes
Senusian Fields is the conceptual inverse of the music video, Sky Gods of Tavarong. The same set of 31 hand-built glass slide plates was used for the video component, but the relationship between the constituent media was inverted. The digitized slides (cells) are cross-dissolved in a slow, periodic continuous stream. The order of presentation was determined by execution of an algorithm that takes into consideration texture variegation, color contrasts, and topological effects. I ran the program several times, then selected the sequence that most appealed to me. The audio material is based on two musical instrument samples: 1) a long bassoon multiphonic tone, and 2) a cymbal roll using soft sticks. Each sample was digitally processed, then granularized in software to produce multiple drones, pitched microtonally in different registers. The title refers to the Senusi, a religious brotherhood of North African Muslims; during and after World War I their tribes were attacked and finally subjugated by French, British, and Italian forces. Phil Winsor 9/21/ 2001
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