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The Backwards Man : for solo piano / Max Kielly.
by Max Kielly (2025)
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- Instrumentation: Piano.
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This piece responds directly to a photograph by Diane Arbus - "The Backwards Man in His Hotel Room". The work is one of Arbus's early works, and in each piece, there is always a sense that she recognizes the subject and the subject recognizes her - an act of mutual seeing. This picture in particular always seemed like such a complete picture of loneliness, and the despair one feels when they are at odds with their own body. There is something poignant about the hotel room as well - the bare lightbulb, the asymmetrical furniture. The sense that the very world of the photograph is temporary and fleeting. That the man in the picture - maybe a contortionist? - is performing for themself. Ever since first seeing the photograph, I have always wanted to write music to accompany it. Music that would be both tentative and voyeuristic, and that expresses that same sense of loneliness.
Published by: Australian Music Centre — 1 facsimile score (9p. -- A4 (portrait))
Difficulty: Medium
Duration: 9 mins
Includes program notes.
Typeset edition.
ISMN: 979-0-67317-310-1
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