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Performance by Michael Kieran Harvey, Silo String Quartet from the CD Deleted on 7 Nov 13 Butterfly modernism |
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Butterfly modernism / chamber music by Eve Duncan.
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Work Overview
Butterfly Modernism is inspired by a beach house near
Bass Strait and Westernport Bay designed by WoodMarsh Architects,
which was built in 2010. Its graceful curved rendered walls, its
butterfly floor plan design, the undulating passageways and
gentle, magical atmosphere have led to the nickname of Butterfly
House also being bestowed by those who have seen it. It marks the
change in beach house architecture around beach area with
proximity to Melbourne over the fifty year period, where organic
forms, the use of dense materials such as stone and concrete, and
curved walls and ceilings have been incorporated. It is a
graceful and dramatic architectural response to the beauty of the
Bass Strait coast line, the warmth and security of the coastal
village nearby, and the natural haven that gentler Westernport
Bay offers from the wilder seas outside.
In this piece I have incorporated first of all the contrast of
the yin of gentler elements, encapsulated in cloud of butterflies
that I kept passing through as I explored the surrounding coastal
country, with the yang of the wild seas beating against the rocks
around the Nobbies in the distance. The piece then moves into
depicting the curves and dimensions of the beach house with the
changing nearby sea levels, using the mathematics of these rising
and falling levels and their rate of change as given in the 2011
Tide Guide. In the final section I find musical correlations with
the drama and rhythm of the architectural dimensions. Like the
Chancellor and Patrick McCraith House of fifty years before, the
WoodMarsh house also takes beach architecture to a new stage.
Work Details
Year: 2011
Instrumentation: 2 violins, viola, cello, piano.
Duration: 11 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Dedication note: Dedicated to Gemma Cooke, architect
Commission note: Commissioned by Arts Victoria.
First performance: by Michael Kieran Harvey, Silo String Quartet at Butterfly Modernism (Mornington Peninsula Regional Art Gallery ) on 17 Apr 2011
Analysis
Resonate article: Eve Duncan’s Butterfly Modernism by Corrina Bonshek
Subjects
- Inspired by: Architecture
- Inspired by: Music about place (Australia)
Performances of this work
26 Oct 2016: at Butterfly Modernism (Melbourne Recital Centre, Primrose Potter Salon). Featuring Silo String Quartet, Michael Kieran Harvey.
17 Apr 2011: at Butterfly Modernism (Mornington Peninsula Regional Art Gallery ). Featuring Michael Kieran Harvey, Silo String Quartet.
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