Telematic Music: Artefacts

In Collaboration with Nice Music, the IIC presents its first printed book release, Telematic Music: Artefacts. This is an ecstatic documentation of the collective’s ongoing studies in creating music online, presented through visual art and writing.

27 performers feature on the delicately assembled recordings accompanying this publication in digital format. The results are often in turn startlingly ornate, melodically tantalising and sully permeable in their occasionally self destructive dissonance. The publication is bookended with short essays on improvisation and the climate for the IIC’s work.

Words Seemed Unnecessary (In The Space Between Us)

Part concert, part performance art and part meditation, David Sequeira’s composition was recorded live online at the height of lockdown on 19/8/2020 by the Isolation Improvisation Collective.
In addition to a small fragment of music notation, David provided the musicians with detailed instructions of not only what to play, but how to listen and engage thoughtfully throughout the performance. A catalyst for IIC magic, the piece invites players to locate their own sounds in ethereal spine-tingling layers that respond to its structurally simple but thematically rich score. Prepare to be intoxicated by jazz lounge metaphysics.

grid lake III

Grid Lake III was performed by the Isolation Improvisation Collective and recorded live via remote video conference on 23/4/2020. The piece is an improvised reaction to a graphic score (see image depicted in thumbnail) by visual artist, Briony Barr. The score was divided into 13 sections and offered to each performer as a starting point for the work. A duration of 5 minutes was agreed on prior to starting the improvisation.

grid lake i

Grid Lake I was performed by the Isolation Improvisation Collective and recorded live via zoom on 23/4/2020. The piece is an improvised reaction to a graphic score by visual artist, Briony Barr. The score was divided into 13 sections and offered to each performer as a starting point for the work. A duration of 20 minutes was agreed on prior to starting the improvisation.