Mari Kimura: Rossby Waving for MUGIC® sensor and violin
Rossby Waving for MUGIC® sensor and violin (2017) by Mari Kimura
Mari Kimura, violin
Liubo Borissov, video
Milica Paranosic, MUGIC glove 'MuGlo'
The title was taken from “Rossby Wave”, a natural atmospheric phenomenon relating to rotation of the planet. When the Rossby Wave ‘breaks’, it could cause extreme climate conditions as El Niño/La Niña. The piece consists of a ‘flexible ostinato’, a somewhat regular ‘wave’ of violin sound that’s processed and flows. The motion sensor MUGIC® detects and interprets the character of the bowing movements which affect ‘ostinato’ in its timbre and character. Some irregular and disruptive motive starts to affect the regular ostinato, sometimes mangling it. Eventually both the violin and ostinato flows freely, sometimes and sometimes not, affecting each other. Rossby Waving is dedicated to the memory of Jean-Claude Risset.
MUGIC® sensor is available here: https://mugicmotion.com/