The Back Steps

A small moment from a childrens Halloween party is taken as material for an exploration of folded time Time is in fact what I see as my main material THE BACK STEPS is a demonstration of that particular interests The image loops but also progresses forward That is fairly easy to see However the sound while having looping elements has a compositional structure that changes throughout the piece I imagine most pieces as a series of overlain arcs each of a different length and height and each representing a different durational element in the piece Another way to imagine this is to think of a mechanical clock with many different internal rhythms all of which move the hands steadily forward