Material | 'I of IV' (1966) by Pauline Oliveros
Written on April 30th, 2025 by Dustin Zorn
Photo: Dustin Zorn performing ‘I of IV’ at HMTMH
‘I of IV’ (1966) by Pauline Oliveros” (material for live performance)
Here you can find the score and Max patch to perform the piece I of IV’ (1966) by Pauline Oliveros”. This solo piece for live-electronics can be performed with this standalone software version.
This artistic research reinterprets the so called ghost tones that Pauline Oliveros created with the live-electronic setup, which she used to record the piece I of IV in 1966. Translating the analog setup into a digital instrument and by drawing on the historical references, including Hugh Le Caine’s Touch Sensitive Organ (1955), allows to resonate with the aesthetic and technological possibilities of the historical setup, and opens up potentials for a new performance practice of the piece, thereby laying groundwork for further artistic explorations.
Score
Patch / Software
Max Patch
References
- Zorn, D., Mayer, A. & Hofmann, A. (2025). Resonating with live-electronic ghost tones. 16th SAR International Conference on Artistic Research 2025, Porto, Pt.