Projection (negative space)

The starting point for Projection (negative space) was an image of a blackbird trapped inside the cage-like stairwell of an apartment block. The piece deals with the idea of the containment;

the accordion is surrounded by the four celli whose strings evoke the bars of a cage, and the accordion itself is a container trapping air.

Another source of inspiration came from a pare of six-fold painted screens called 'Pine trees' by Hasegawa Touhaku. The painting, which depicts a pine grove shrouded heavily in mist,

encapsulates the Japanese concept Ma.

Live recording from world premiere on 7th March 2012

by accordionist, Bjarke Mogensen and the Copenhagen Cello quartet (Morten Zeuthen, Toke Møldrup, Henrik Dam Thomsen & Jakob Kulberg)