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In Recognition of the Relevance - Bakersfield

from 1983​-​2002 by Larry Wendt

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Bakersfield 9' 13" 1989

This piece is the tape portion introduction of a much longer, real-time, electro-acoustic, outdoor performance which occurred in an athletic field. I happened to get invited to be an artist-in-residence at the California State University of Bakersfield for a week. Following the topic of post-industrialism, I worked with a group of students during my time there for the most part of the week on a scavenger hunt collecting material that we could pile up and use as a temporary "sound sculpture" in a performance at the end of the week. This material included an old TV, a broken microwave oven, some very moldy and stained upholstered sofas and chairs, broken bicycles, a row boat, the chassis of an old car, a kitchen range, a large trash dumper, a kitchen sink, and assorted other items that were ready to be discarded, which we then wrapped up in a haphazard way with a large spool of construction wire which we also "found", and to which a number of small amplified contact sensors which were then attached to the various items to allow the pickup of any kind of sound the item made when struck to then be mixed and digitally manipulated by my GMP digital processing gear. The class which I was working with along with members of the CSUB Water Polo Team were then invited to "play" the amplified rubbish and debris "sculpture" by whatever means necessary. "Bring Your Own Hammer!" was the motto. Several parents also came to the performance. The text to the piece was taken from an old family story about Bakersfield that I heard in my childhood which I had reworked for the occasion.

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from 1983​-​2002, released May 2, 2023

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