In this film, "Sarah Davachi: Timbre, Texture, and Tone at The Cathedral," artist and composer Sarah Davachi invites listeners to feel a sounds' texture and touch to understand the relationship between the acoustics and constructions ...See moreIn this film, "Sarah Davachi: Timbre, Texture, and Tone at The Cathedral," artist and composer Sarah Davachi invites listeners to feel a sounds' texture and touch to understand the relationship between the acoustics and constructions within a space. In following her journey of discovery with the organ and synthesizer, the film creates a dialogue for the overlooked overtones and harmonics within compositions that only these precise instruments can bring to the front and sustain over time. With a recorded performance at The Cathedral acting as the film arc's thread, Sarah discusses with delicate precision the organ's working parts, illustrating how it functions as a breathing object that changes with each user it interacts with. By allowing a sound to be extended and lingered, new experiences are created for the listeners and the environment that the tone inhabits. In this film, Sarah challenges the use of minimalism, a codeword for simplicity, by producing a friction between harmony and acoustic instability. Written by
Caroline Post
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