Olivia Block Live @ Dissonanze 06
Olivia is a contemporary composer and sound artist who combines field recordings, scored segments for acoustic instruments, and electronically generated sound. Her recorded work seeks to introduce, set at play, and ultimately reconcile nature with artifice in the realms of music and sound. In the process, "organic" sound becomes subtly processed, digitized and abstracted; "inorganic" sound becomes self-replicating and animate; and "musical" elements such as chamber instruments are defamiliarized from their traditional associations, freeing them to participate in the larger aesthetic possibilities of sound.
Her trilogy of recorded solo compositions, which includes Pure Gaze (Sedimental, 1998), Mobius Fuse (Sedimental, 2001), and most recently Change Ringing (cut, 2005), has garnered critical acclaim. She has also continued composing larger works for new music and chamber ensembles. She also performs consistently in festivals and tours throughout Europe, America, and Japan, and has expanded her work to include video.
www.oliviablock.net
