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Prognostic Hymns - Hieroglyphs

Prognostic Hymns

2025

9 mins

for 2 performers, projection, electronics

"s  ɰʃqʼʃkʼɻ  kʼθɰsqʼʃ  ʍʒ  kʼsː  ʛsːɕqʼβːɻ  ɕʃʡ͜ʢʃɽ͡r̥ɬʡ͜ʢ  skʼʃɰʡʼkʼ  kʼsː  ɧʃːɻ  s  ʡʼfʃɬkʼ  ɧsː  ʃʛʡ͜ʢʃʢkʼʢ  fʟ̝̊kʼʢfʃqʼ  θɕ  ɧs  ʢkʼsʟ̝̊ʡʼ  θɕ  ɧs  ʍʒːkʼ , fɬqʼ  ʃɬʼ  ɧsːɰ  ɧfʃ  ɰskʼ  ɕʒːʢkʼ  kʼsɰ  kʼsː  qʼʃɻʃːɕ . ɧfʟ̝̊ʃɕsʕ , βːɻ  ʃʡ͜ʢ  ɬʼθkʼ  fʡ͜ʢ  ʃkʼ  ʢʃːɰʡ͜ʢ , ɬʼfʟ̝̊  ɧfkʼ  ɧʃʢ  ʢʃɬθʡʼʢʃʢ  ʃʡ͜ʢ  ʕʃɕʃːɻqʼ  kʼsː  qʼʃː  ʃɬkʼsʕʃkʼkʼ"

 

"A medical-comedy where two goofball physicians attempt to heal a patient who exists outside of the scope of the work, and in whom they must first come to believe. However, all is not as it seems, now that this synopsis is revealed to be incorrect. [sic] - not to be said to be found under Melodic Synopses Pertaining to, Scrutinized and Subsequently Not Exuding From the Prognostic Hymnal. Or rather, not in the end. Instead passing euphemistically and ambulatory by, in repose, awake, or else taken in raptorial fashion."

Prognostic Hymns - Costume2

The work Prognostic Hymns presents two performers dressed in Zanni/Witchdoctor costumes, equipped with wearable speakers and modified encyclopedias that contain amplifiers and the score. Set in a fictional phonetic language centered around guttural and voiceless sounds, the seven hymns of the composition are expressed through both auditory and hieroglyphic forms, turning the language into a gestural ritual.

 

In the composition, harmonic and spectral templates of the different phonetics are synthesized and layered using machine-learning voice generators, transforming the two vulture-like figures into ominous oracles channeling a cacophony of voices.

Prognostic Hymns - Costume1

Prognostic Hymns was commissioned by K!ART;

support from KODA and Dansk Komponistforening

Excerpts/Samples - Playback

II
00:00 / 01:10
IV
00:00 / 00:21
V
00:00 / 00:46
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