Join Synchromy and People Inside Electronics for Brandon Rolle's new compositional exploration, In-Place. In-Place explores the intense duality of technology-mediated human interactions. During the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, electronic devices became the primary interface for engaging with one another safely–on the one hand, importing loved ones across unimaginable distances into our breakfast nook; on the other, amplifying our sense of isolation through glitchy screens and unstable connections. In this piece, technology oscillates chaotically between these roles as bridge and barrier between us: individual parts are performed separately but are fundamentally intertwined through a shifting set of connections, revealing an intimate fragility both beautiful and haunting.
This event features CalArts quartet, the Morii Quartet, which includes CalArts alumni Alejandra Moreno, Nigel Deane, Kanoa Ichiyanagi, and Derek Stein.