Quorum Sensing - a mechanism by which life forms regulate gene expression through the use of signal molecules, allowing communication and coordination of group behaviour.
Quorum Sensing explores the ensemble’s reflexes and response times as an organism, working together. Imagine a microscopic life form contracting their many appendages and releasing the energy in multifaceted bursts to maneuver around a limited space. The rhythmic instructions of the score then become a blueprint for action in the same way gene expression gives organisms a fundamental order of things, the ensemble responding to circumstances and the pacing of other actions within context.
Recording Notes
Recorded for the album Tvær Hliðar / Two Sides by Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir, published on Sono Luminus in 2022.