Cactus Geometries
- Javier Álvarez
- Year of composition: 2002
- Duration: 19:22
- Instrumentation: 4-channel fixed medium
- Commission: Ministère de la Culture (France), Ina-GRM
- ISWC: T0100516719
Stereo
In this work I chose a few of my favourite cacti as musical metaphors for five possible sonic topologies. During the composition of the work, their capricious and voluptuous geometry served me as a model to invent virtual spaces, fluxes, impacts, variable symmetries, landscapes, whirlwinds and sonic trajectories, whilst specifics regarding their properties provided the context for more anecdotal images.
