- Year of composition: 1990
- Duration: 2:56
- Instrumentation: stereo fixed medium
- Publisher(s): Yul média
- Commission: empreintes DIGITALes
- ISWC: T0705103816
Stereo
Inspired by Jean Baudrillard’s thoughts on the hyperreal, Simulant [a neologism made from the words “assimilate” and “simulate”] is a short, dense demonstrative model which acts as a self-referential simulacrum: an image or semblance of itself. Like two mirrors facing each other, the reflection is endless, the image emptied of referent. This perception of the work suits the medium: electricity has been synthetically reproduced to masquerade as sound. The referent (acoustic sound) has been evaded.
Richard Truhlar [xi-90]
Composed in March, 1990.
Composition
- 1990-03, Personal studio, Toronto (Ontario, Canada)
Premiere
- November 2, 1990, Montréal musiques actuelles / New Music America, Acousmonium: Concert 6: Électro clips, Théâtre Les Loges, Montréal (Québec)
Scores
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Simulant (1990, 2:56) by Richard Truhlar