Talkback III (2010)
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Instrumentation: guitar, and real time digital signal processing
Duration: 11 minutes
World Premiere: June 6, 2010, Nadav Lev (guitar) and Guy Barash (live electronics), The Tank, NYC
Other Performances:
July 16, 2010, Nadav Lev (guitar) and Guy Barash (live electronics), Felicia Blumenthal Music Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
September 18, 2011, Nadav Lev (guitar) and Guy Barash (live electronics), Presented by the Electronic Music Foundation at Greenwich House, NYC
April 20, 2013, Nadav Lev (guitar) and Guy Barash (live electronics), HaTeiva, Tel Aviv, Israel
April 5, 2013, Alejandro Castellano (guitar) and Guy Barash (live electronics), Secret Theater, Quiet City, Queens, NY
May 1, 2013, Nadav Lev (guitar) and Guy Barash (live electronics), Barbur Gallery, Wire Tapping, Jerusalem, Israel
May 4, 2013, Nadav Lev (guitar) and Guy Barash (live electronics), Launch Pad, Brooklyn, NY
October 17, 2013, Nadav Lev (guitar) and Guy Barash (live electronics), Spectrum, NYC
May 21, 2014, Nadav Lev (guitar) and Guy Barash (live electronics), Roulette, Brooklyn, NY
June 30, 2014, Nadav Lev (guitar) and Guy Barash (live electronics), 14th Street Y Theater, NYC
September 27, 2015, Nadav Lev (guitar) and Guy Barash (live electronics), (Le) Poisson Rouge, NYC
Composer Note:
Talkback III for guitar and computer is the third in a series of compositions for solo instruments and real-time digital signal processing.
With Talkback, I explore extended techniques, enhanced timbre, and other sonic features that are characteristic of the instrument by magnifying and amplifying otherwise subtle nuances and bringing them to the foreground.
Talkback, just like in online media, is a response to something more substantial: western tradition, the canon. It is smaller but often as significant as it is a sincere manifestation of the zeitgeist. Real-time interaction between the guitar and the computer is a form of dialog. Very similar to forms of communicating on the Internet—posting, tweeting, blogging, etc.—it is filtered, yet very real.