Today's xsite is Neringa...
Last Saturday xsite were braving the wilderness.
The Arborescent project lead by the talented Ed Carter
promised 3 unique musical performances in an extraordinary setting – Kielder
forest. xsite were asked to compose one of the graphic scores – a visual
piece of music that was yet to be invented by musicians playing glass
percussion instruments, a tuba and a trumpet.
In our piece, we asked the audience to take part by wandering
into the forest and reading the symbols left on trees to be deciphered
according to one’s own reason. Such conscious meandering made for a strange
exhibition of sound where music, sometimes resembling a distant sound of a wild
predator, travelled closer and further as if trying to influence one’s reason.
The sound was moving and the venue was uncanny.
We couldn’t have asked for a more enjoyable cultural weekend
out in nature and judging from great comments after the event – the
participants felt the same.
