Manuella Blackburn
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| Biography | Manuella Blackburn (*1984) is a composer of electroacoustic music specializing in the creation of fixed media. She has composed for loudspeakers, instruments and electronics, improvisations for laptop ensembles and music for dance. Blackburn has worked in residence at the studios of Miso Music (Lisbon), Elektronmusikstudio (Stockholm), Atlantic Centre for the Arts (New Smyrna Beach, Florida), and Kunitachi College of Music (Tokyo). Her work focuses on microscopic sonic details and how these miniature materials can be organised within works of sound art. This process has led to new creations based on inherently small materials (the ticking of a clock, the cracking of ice cubes, light switches turning on and off, and the beeps of household appliances). Blackburn’s interests also extend to the world of sampling and cross-cultural exchanges that translate into musical creation. ABOUT Manuella Blackburn: «Cupboard Love» This composition explores the memories found in cupboards, draws and cabinets. Scraps of paper, photographs and mementos come to life through sonic snapshots of earlier times. Opening and closing cupboards offers an inviting gesture to enter new sonic worlds; a cliche of the acousmatic genre, but reimagined here as an everyday action that frames the appearance of sound memories. This open/close action reveals environments, places and spaces, showing brief sonic glimpses of my past years. A key influence guiding the work’s construction was the concept of the interruption. Exploring interruptions in all its forms and how these impact upon continuity was an important step for developing the work’s structure. |
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