Quartet for the Year 4698 or 5760

Quartet for the Year 4698 or 5760 at Oboro 2001

Short clip created by 8-Bit Studios, Montreal, of the Quartet installation by Laiwan in collaboration with Lori Freedman on clarinets, For more information about Quartet go to http://www.belkin.ubc.ca/_archived/laiwan/

Lori Freedman with Quartet for the Year 4698 or 5760, Oboro 2001

Short clip of live performance in the Quartet installation, Lori Freedman on clarinets with four 16mm film projections and a computer translating all sound into written music notation, at Oboro, Montreal 2001. This short was created by 8-Bit Studios. For more information about Quartet go to http://www.belkin.ubc.ca/_archived/laiwan/

QUARTET for the Year 4698 or 5760

Images show production and installation shots from the Morris & Helen Belkin Gallery (Vancouver, 2000); Oboro (Montreal, 2001), and Open Space Gallery (Victoria, 2002) along with performance images with Lori Freedman playing in the quartet to create a quintet.

LAIWAN
QUARTET for the Year 4698 or 5760
2000
A multimedia, performance installation that includes audience contributions and computer components. Featuring Lori Freedman on bass clarinet.

.QUARTET For The Year 4698 or 5760 is an interdisciplinary sculptural project consisting of: 1 - a gallery installation with four 16mm film projectors, audio and a large cylindrical screen; 2 - live performance of musical improvisations by Lori Freedman playing the bass clarinet; 3 - computers that produce a digital translation of all Quartet installation (including ambient/public sounds) written in music notation, printed by a dot matrix printer onto paper and displayed in the gallery; 4 - a web piece on the Internet

An exhibition catalogue was published by Open Space Gallery, Victoria, 2004.

Visit the QUARTET website here.

Belkin installation photos: Howard Ursuliak, 2000