Exquisite Drones

Exquisite Drones is a drone-based piece for cello, live electronics and films patterned after the surrealist drawing game “exquisite corpse.” The group-work of a parlor game connects three compositions, written in isolation, by composers expressing their personal relationships to long-held tones in spaces of humming, clouds of Morse code and coils of self-generative melodies.

This work is about “not knowing,” as the irregular vibrations of a relentless hum create unpredictability in a long-held tone. Within the vibrating stillness of these drones exists a whole world of possibility, where melody and rhythm may separate and unite in a generative way. Presented by Dutch Kills Theater Company and The Tank.