Rebecca Saunders: dust

dust/dʌst/n.: a fine, dry powder of :ny par:cles of waste ma=er or earth.
A film of dust is a like a membrane, covering or layering the body or thing, on the ground, on surfaces or carried in the air.
The dust of the earth is a place of burial.
Dust within a room is composed mostly of dead skin, a powder of mortal remains.

 

»…not a sound only the old breath and the leaves turning and then suddenly this dust whole place suddenly full of dust when you opened your eyes from floor to ceiling nothing only dust and not a sound only what was it it said… come and gone in no time gone in no time.«
(That Time, Samuel Beckett)

 

Inside, withheld, unbreathed,
Nether, undisclosed.
Souffle, vapour, ghost,
hauch and dust.
Absent, silent, void
Naught beside.
Either, neither, sole,
Unified.
(RS)

 

dust is a solo for two, each their own. An homage to Chris:an Dierstein and Dirk Rotbrust for the (many) wonderful sound sessions over the years. Each performer creates their own version, defined by their own instruments and the chosen juxtaposi:on of up to eight separately composed modules.

Rebecca Saunders