Waiting for the Northern Lights and Improvisation
Performance during wine tasting of Côtes du Rhône, Collection Lambert, Avignon, France
15.06.2024
Image 1: Performance setup.
Video: Documentation from performance.
This improvised performance followed a simple protocol: using the audio track from Waiting Room for the Northern Lights alongside any instrument available on site. Before this performance I had already followed the same protocol in The Anglican Church in Riga, playing alongside an organ.
In Collection Lambert, my performance happened during a wine tasting of Côtes du Rhône. I collaborated with a waiter, who handed me wine bottles that were emptied after serving the guests, and filled with varying amounts of water. I used these to create live loops, layering them over the background track from the waiting room for the Northern Lights.
Documentation: Alain Bourges
AUSMĀ (IN DAWN): Waiting for the Northern Lights (press to play)
Concert AUSMĀ at Anglican Church, Riga, Latvia
31.05.2024
Solo organ performance using the playback and field recordings of the same soundscape that had been playing in the waiting room, this time accompanying it on an organ
Participating artists: Edgars Rubenis, Marija Luīze Meļķe, oväsen, Spāre Vītola, Marta Ansone, Uģis Jansons, Ilze Grunte, Toms Valmiers,Trīne un Inga
Documentation: Spāre Vītola