In Düsseldorf and Nebraska

In Düsseldorf and Nebraska (1988)

a sax, pno, vcl + computer

Duration: 10 minutes

Commissioned by Moving Being in 1988

Music for In Düsseldorf and Nebraska, a mixed media performance in memory of the controversial German artist Joseph Beuys. The music, titled Grounds For Action, is a set of passacaglias, or grounds, in canon form.

During the performance, the music accompanied the actions of three artists / technicians who intermittently manipulated the performance space to create new spatial structures. In a similar way, the ground bass line which forms the raw material for the music undergoes a number of transformations which develop in three-part canon.

First performed at St Stephen’s Theatre Space, Cardiff Bay on 7 November 1988.

Actors: Boyd Clack, Ranjit Krishnamma, Ri Richards

Dancers: Miranda Knight, Belinda Neave, Marega Palser

Visual artists: Glenn Davidson, Andrzej Grzybowski, Anne E Hayes

Technical management: John Thorne

Musicians: Nick Wilkinson / Julian Wiggins (alto saxophone), Sharon McKinley / Kate Morgan (cello)

Project devised, choreographed and directed by Geoff Moore