Koan

For piano, stereo sound and live computer projection

2003 · 5m 35s

The work is a result of fascination with the Zen spiritual tradition of the koan – a paradoxical riddle used to demonstrate the inadequacy of logical reasoning.

Commission / Grants

  • Governor General of Canada

Premiere

  • 2003

    • Hommage for Marie Chouinard, Governor General Award Ceremony, National Art Centre, Ottawa, Canada

Recordings

  • 2003

    • CBC TV, Canada
  • 2011

    • Juicy, DVD produced at EMPAC, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY for Everglade Records

Presentations

  • 2004

    • Olhares de Outono Digital Arts Festival, Porto, Portugal
    • Portraits of Composers, Mazovian Centre of Culture and Arts, Warsaw, Poland
  • 2008

    • Animator: International Festival of Animation, Poznan, Poland
    • Time of Music Festival, Viitasaari, Finland
  • 2009

    • Re-new Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Field of Vision, Festival of Animation and New Media, Torun, Poland
  • 2010

    • Campbell Recital Hall, Stanford University, CA
  • 2011

    • San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
    • Black and White Festival, Porto, Portugal