∞10000 Waves∞

For 28 Performers

BlackHouse Collectives New Music Workshop 2024

I live in Southern California. Most tides here occur in mixed semidiurnal----two high tides and two low tides, in a 24-hour period. I love sitting on the rocks for hours and watch the trillions water droplets breath in a cosmic mass. The moon guides their purpose, as the seascape and the wind sculpt the millions of ephemeral ridges and valleys on their surface. It is in between each high and low the horseshoe crabs learned when to prey; turtles knew where to breed; surfers mastered the art of waves.

This piece is also inspired by one of my favorite Chinese Artists, Ma Yuan, 马远.

马远 is an artist lived in the Song dynasty. He is known for his painting of water.