Out of Air. Into Air. 2012 (an assemblage of Tom Soloveitzik’s Air two thousand eleven) for Tom Soloveitzik and audiocassette recorder ‘All that is holy solid is melted profaned into air’ (Marl Karx) • Use an audiocassette recorder of choice • Focus each interpretation of the score on one side of the audiocassette • If not first performer of side (side is not blank), then skip α. • Feel free to recreate or disregard the score at any moment
α. (prologue) Rewind tape Without playing, record the sound of the air Concentrate on the air between yourself and the others (humans, trees, objects, etc.) around you during full tape length β. (liberamento ostinato) Rewind, press play Play a sound of your choice into the air, choose whether to record it or not Pick up a sound from the air, choose whether to record it or not When not playing, let recorder play and concentrate on the air rendered by it and surrounding it Continue doing all the above (β.) until end of tape ω. (nessun ordine coda) Finally, exchange tapes with a peer Change side and Repeat all
[Place: performer’s choice. Duration: not determined in advance. Length of tape(s): any. Number of players: zero to infinite. Number of recorders: one to infinite. Instrumentation: whatever.]