∞ (infinity)

“Infinity” is a composition for halldorophone and voice. Halldorophone inherently produces long-lasting tones and drones through feedback. In “Infinity”, voice experimentation is introduced as an additional source of oscillations that potentially affects the sonorities produced by the instrument. The process of producing sound on this instrument is very random. “Infinity” is based on this entropic system and reflects the dialectical relationship that results from the process of controlling and accepting randomness within a framework of compositional elements and decisions.

The symbol of infinity is the skeleton of the composition’s graphic score. Two autonomous compositions/’voices’ that were constructed to be heard at the same time, start their sound path from different points of the shape of infinity and towards opposite directions, interacting and functioning either harmoniously or contrapuntally. Each of these ‘voices’ was played in a different space in the same location. One of these spaces is perceived as earth-chthonic and the other as above-ground. The video follows the musical composition, demonstrating the essential details of the parallel actions, which interact as additional events with each other and enhance the cosmogonical and ritualistic character of the music.

Artist Name: Nicoleta Chatzopoulou

Artist credited as: Composer/Performer

Title of the work: ∞ Infinity

Year: 2021

Medium: Music / Video

Main theme of the work: An original music composition for a unique instrument, the halldorophone, created around the concept of infinity

Duration of the work: 18’45’’

People appearing: Nicoleta Chatzopoulou

Credits

Composer & Performer: Nicoleta Chatzopoulou

Inventor of the Halldorophone: Halldór Úlfarsson

Film Director & Editor: Makis Faros

Director of Photography: Panayiotis Tsangas

Camera Operator & Multicamera Engineer: George Charisis

Recording, Mixing & Mastering: Costas Bokos - Studio19st

Styling & Headpiece: D’Arcy Foxx

Makeup Artist: Nicoletta Louka

Halldorophone Engineer: Orfeas Moraitis

2nd Camera Operator: Julia Tsagka

Electrician: Leandros Papadakis

Executive Producer: Panayiotis Tsangas "Ikonostichio"

Image and sound recording took place at Dionysos Quarries, Pentelikon Mountain, Athens, Greece, on May 15, 2021 at the “Open Air Museum of Old Quarrying Art / Landscape Restoration 1994-1997”

Nella Golanda: Landscape Sculptor Large Scale

Aspasia Kouzoupi: Architect, Landscape Architect

Many thanks to “DIONYSSOMARBLES” for conceding the space.

The composer wishes to thank Halldór Úlfarsson and Orfeas Moraitis for their continuous support during the experimentation process with the halldorophone.

Statement: Shifting our perception among different scales can be a form of adaptation, a way to live and create as part of a greater whole.