Cross
Sections Jordan
Dykstra
Cross
Sections Jordan
Dykstra
Cross
Sections 01:
Sound
Body
(I) 02:
Found
Sound
(Moving
On) 03:
Wind
Too,
To
Sound 04:
Mental
Furniture
(For
TB) 05:
Hip-Hop 06:
Sound
Body
(II) 07:
The
Walker
(For
BA) 08:
Imagine
A
Curved
Line
and
Follow
It
(For
LMY
&
DDD) 09:
Until
Your
Heart
Is
Mad
(For
CP) 10-11:
Cucumber
Water 12:
Color
Fields
13:
Endless
Valley 14:
Scratch
15:
Sound
Body
(III) 16:
Thin,
Whispery
Clouds 17:
Rhythm
Wrench 18:
Transition 19:
Layer
Transparent
Layers
20:
Hooked
Up
&
Going
Steady 21:
Sound
Body
(IV)
This
is
EV001E A
deep,
heartfelt
gratitude
to
Marcel
Zaes
and
Chiyoko
Szlavnics. With
thanks
also
to
Volker
Straebel,
Marc
Sabat,
Peter
Ablinger,
and
Andreas
Levisianos.
Cross
Sections
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Sections Jordan
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Sound
Body
(I) For
one
diabetic
animal Sustain
one
sound
until
you
are
hungry.
01
Found
Sound
(Moving
On) For
two
players The
first
player
sustains
a
sound, floating
near
the
ceiling,
we
gaze
upward when,
or
if,
the
second
player
can
“find”
the
sound,
that
abstract
event the
first
may
change
to
a
new
sound... a
new
or
refreshingly
different
experience Repeat,
and
so
on
and
so
forth... ...until
there
are
no
more
sounds
to
be
found
02
Wind
Too,
To
Sound For
any
number
of
parched
people Go
outside
with
a
handful
of
beverages
in
glass
bottles.
Find
a
windy
location. As
you
empty
the
bottles,
hold
them
at
different
angles,
allowing
the
body
of
the
bottle
-
and
the
wind,
too
-
to
sound. Do
this
for
as
long
as
pleasantly
possible.
03
Mental
Furniture
(For
TB) For
one
calm
reader,
an
audience
of
meditators,
and
optional
drone Imagine
yourself
sitting
in
the
middle
of
a
cavernous,
crowded
room Acting
as
a
poet,
your
role
is
to
observe to
inspect
each
thing, one...
by...
one... Notice
the
professor,
wearing
a
book
hat... ...the
feather
floating
in
the
breeze the
ice
cream
sundae,
sweating
on
the
park
bench... ...the
wooden
framed
photograph
of
Caracas the
twig
stuck
in
the
locomotive
wheel... ...the
white
hallway
tiles the
handsome
stack
of
white
and
yellow
papers... ...the
charming
smell
of
the
campfire the
cardinal
on
the
fence
post... ...the
complex
color
of
her
hair the
last
toothpick
in
the
bedside
jar... ...the
crunch
of
the
sunflower
seed
shells your
father
in
his
Dickies... ...the
turtle
on
its
back Observing
their
textures, each
thing
slowly
disappears,
one...
by...
one... Go
back
to
the
middle Imagine
yourself
sitting
in
a
cavernous,
hollow,
ollo yet
hallowed,
room 04
Hip-Hop For
any
number
of
spectators Go
to
a
very
loud
and
scandalously
matched
sporting
event
and
(try
to)
sit
silently.
05
Sound
Body
(II) For
one
diabetic
animal Sustain
one
sound
until
you
are
fed.
06
The
Walker
(For
BA) For
a
patch
of
grass
and
one
person
capable
of
pathing Find
a
patch
of
grass
and
forge
a
new
path
by
walking
in
a
circle.
07
Imagine
A
Curved
Line
and
Follow
It
(For
LMY
&
DDD) For
any
number
of
players
capable
of
glissandi Imagine
playing
catch
with
a
friend: Suppose
the
horizontal
distance
between
you
two
is
time, then
suppose
the
vertical
height
distance,
in
which
the
ball
travels
up
into
the
air,
is
pitch. Using
the
two
axes
(and
your
herculean
strength)
throw
the
ball
back
and
forth,
for
a
while...
08
Until
Your
Heart
Is
Mad
(For
CP) For
one
performer
with
a
videocamera
and
a
glass
of
cognac Film
what
you
see
as
you
move
slowly
through
the
rooms
of
a
large
empty
space Sing,
smoothly
and
continually,
throughout
each
room,
sipping
cognac When
you
have
keenly
sensed
the
acoustics
of
each
room
and/or
have
a
nice
buzz,
gradually
quicken
your
tempo Go
a
bit
faster, Sing
louder, And
even
faster
now, Still
louder
and
faster,
uncomfortably
faster! Until
your
heart
is
mad and
your
tongue
is
bitter, itte and
there
will
be
no
more. Destroy
the
camera,
if
you
have
the
strength.
09
Cucumber
Water For
one
gymgoer
with
their
workout
gear
Perform
your
normal
workout
routine
while
you
imagine
going
to
the
groc forget
the
chocolate
this
time
But
then
realize
you’re
too
hungry
now
and
don’ mì
place
down
the
road
a
few
blocks
from
the
gym
and
what
it
will
be
like
wait,
that
young
waitress
with
the
tight,
striped
shirt
I’m
hungry
Should
I
sto She
probably
rolls
her
eyes
when
I
turn
around
I’m
going
to
need
some
extra
water
Ha
10
ing
to
the
grocery
store
to
buy
what
you
dream
of
cooking
for
dinner
Don’t
y
now
and
don’t
really
feel
like
cooking
So
you
imagine
driving
to
the
bánh
t
it
will
be
like
when
you
get
there
If
there
will
be
a
long
line,
probably
a
ngry
Should
I
stop
ordering
my
sando
without
jalapeños
Don’t
be
a
fucking
pussy e
extra
water
Have
some
water
I
need
some
water
Cucumber
water
I’m
so
thirsty
11
Color
Fields For
two
or
more
musicians
capable
of
sustaining For
each
cycle: one
musician,
center
stage,
sustains
a
single
idea... floating,
suggesting,
undulating After
a
while: the
surrounding
people
take
turns,
sometimes
together,
sometimes
separate, sometimes
letting
the
room
speak
on
its
own, each
adding
their
color
to
the
field... exposing,
swelling,
progressing There
are
ten
2
minute
and
50
second
cycles with
10
seconds
of
silence
between
each
cycle, totaling
30
minutes
in
duration.
12
Endless
Valley For
two
or
more
players,
each
with
at
least
one
air
horn
(with
a
large
CO2
canister
and
the
same
size
horn),
gloves,
and
ear
plugs On
a
ridge: The
first
player
sounds
an
air
horn, hard
in
the
paint, When
the
intensity
slopes,
physically
noticed,
unharmed, The
next
player
then
joins
in, endless
valley
of
mountain
peaks, Going
back
and
forth
in
this
manner, swiftly
retracing
the
long
line
of
a
pencil, overlapping, never
completely
dissolved, until
all
of
the
canisters
are
empty... time
to
roll
another
hexagram...
13
Scratch For
any
number
of
players Slide
your
finger the
fractional
differences Purse
your
lips the
movement
of
sound Move
your
arm the
tonal
center Scratch
an
itch,
nearly the
new
pitch,
almost
too
high
14
Sound
Body
(III) For
one
diabetic
animal Sustain
one
sound
until
you
are
full.
15
Thin,
Whispery
Clouds For
any
number
of
musicians Each
performer
generates
three
random
numbers
between
one
to
six
hundred.
This
is
easily
accomplished
via
random.org. For
our
purpose,
two
numbers
represent
duration
in
seconds:
the
lowest
number
is
the
performer’s
entry
point
and
the
highest
is
their
exit
point. The
third,
the
middle
number,
is
the
performer’s
pitch,
represented
here
in
Hertz. For
instance,
if
the
numbers
randomly
generated
are:
65,
498,
and
388,
the
performer
would
start
playing
at
1:05
(65
seconds
in),
stop
playing
at
8:18
(498
seconds
in),
and
sound
the
pitch
(between
1:05-8:18)
of
388Hz. If,
because
of
register,
the
middle
number
(pitch)
is
unable
to
be
voiced,
the
performer
may
find
a
suitable
range
by
multiplying
or
dividing
the
number
by
2,
or
even
a
few
times,
if
necessary. The
piece
is
set
for
a
duration
of
ten
minutes
but
can
easily
last
much
longer,
or
shorter,
by
changing
the
highest
number
in
the
parameters.
16
Rhythm
Wrench For
two
or
more
percussionists
with
similar
instruments
and
a
predetermined
rhythm Begin,
in
unison,
the
rhythm
very
tight with
focused
rigidity
and
communication,
like
a
dance After
a
while, loosen
it, but
quite
gradually,
acknowledging
the
iron
tension
and
intransigence The
atoms
of
the
eighth
notes
are
the
same
atoms
when
they
become
sixty-eighth
notes,
offer
this
fact
coyly When
the
original
rhythm
has
been
shed,
even
ruined, succumb
to
the
hope
that
it
must
reappear Then
after
a
while, pull
out
your
wrench, and
tighten
it
back
up
17
Transition For
any
number
of
players play
continue
playing
transition
into
playing
but
never
get
there...
someanysomesome-thing new
18
Layer
Transparent
Layers For
two
improvising
musicians,
an
overhead
projector,
several
transparencies
with
an
equal
number
of
various
colored
markers,
and
an
audience Without
interruption:
Musician
A
improvises
a
short
piece.
While
listening,
Musician
B
draws
a
graphic
score
of
the
improvisation
on
a
transparency
using
Color
#1.
Musician
B
then
performs
this
projected
graphic
score
but
orients
it
in
a
different
direction.
While
listening
to
Musician
B,
Musician
A
draws
a
new
graphic
score
on
a
transparency
using
Color
#2...
This
continues
until
there
are
a
great
many
graphic
scores
in
various
colors.
Finally,
with
all
of
the
graphic
scores
layered
and
projected,
the
audience
members
each
choose
a
color
and
then
perform
it
themselves,
all
together,
for
the
last
performance. For
four
or
more
improvising
musicians,
an
overhead
projector,
and
several
transparencies
with
an
equal
number
of
various
colored
markers Without
interruption:
Musician
A
improvises
a
short
piece.
While
listening,
Musician
B
draws
a
graphic
score
of
the
improvisation
on
a
transparency
using
Color
#1.
Then
Musician
B
performs
Musician
A’s
projected
graphic
score
but
orients
it
in
a
different
direction.
While
listening,
Musician
C
draws
a
new
graphic
score
on
a
transparency
using
Color
#2.
Then
Musician
C
performs
this
projected
graphic
score
but
orients
it
in
a
different
direction.
While
listening,
Musician
D
draws
a
new
graphic
score
on
a
transparency
using
Color
#3...
This
continues
until
each
performer
has
performed,
as
well
as
drawn,
at
least
one
graphic
score.
(Since
Musician
A
begins
with
a
short
improvisation,
they
will
draw
the
last
graphic
score).
Finally,
with
all
of
the
graphic
scores
layered
and
projected,
each
ensemble
member
chooses
a
different
color
for
their
part,
for
the
last
performance. 19
Hooked
Up
&
Going
Steady For
a
chorus
of
readers Each
reader
needs
to
generate, per
chorus
member, one
random
number1
from
one
to
six
hundred. Each
reader
then
secretly
arranges
the
numbers in
ascending
order.2 When
everyone
has
their
list: begin
together silently
and
steadily counting
as
time
passes3 unwavering whispering4 your
secret
numbers
aloud when
they
arrive. __________
www.random.org
is
a
suitable
resource
for
this make
special
note
of
duplicates,
if
they
appear 3 relax 4 duplicates
should
be
accented,
yelled
even 1 2
20
Sound
Body
(IV) For
one
diabetic
animal Perform
Sound
Body
(I-III)
continuously.
21
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