Music for an installation by Cocky Eek, in collaboration with Schweigman&
Sucked into an endless tunnel, the audience find their way in an ambulant rhythm. Each step drawing closer to the inevitable, the outside world drifting further away. In Curve visual artist Cocky Eek, composer Rutger Zuydervelt, and theatre-maker Boukje Schweigman present a dizzying, disorienting journey which brings together light, material, sound and architectural form. Curve is an installation, a complete experience in a bewildering magical world.
The Curve installation is a two-part inflatable tube, with a diameter of 2.5 meters, positioned as two interlocking spirals. One enters the Curve, walks through it, uninterrupted, with the rhythm of the music indicating the pace. At the end of the first tube, in the middle of the installation, there’s an open space. Still slowly walking, the visitor enters the second tube, which spirals outwards and leads towards the exit. The whole experience takes about 20 minutes, and is as beautiful as it is dissorienting.
In the installation, the music (played in a seamless loop) is spread through eight channels, each going to four speakers, so the sound is very spacious. For this standalone version of the score, I tried to make a stereo adaptation that mimics that spatial quality as closely as possible. It might not be the complete 'Curve experience', but it might transport you to interesting places nonetheless.
