From High Zero Festival: Tomoko Sauvage And M.C. Schmidt In Concert

Surrounded by porcelain bowls, a mixer, effects pedals and bottles of Perrier, we sat rapt with curiosity as Tomoko Sauvage took the stage of the Theatre Project with Matmos member M.C. Schmidt. Sauvage poured carbonated water into the bowl closest to her, and she manipulated and looped the movements of the water itself, accented by the tranquil clinks of porcelain. Suspended above her mic stands were paper cups filled with water; she tore them ever so slightly, periodically releasing drips into the bowls below. It was an elegant (and more palatable) solution to John Cage’s chance operations, responding to random droplets with loops and delays through a mixer.

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