steve roden
pavilion scores, 2005
serpentine gallery, london

for my performance at the serpentine gallery's summer pavilion, i used the architect's drawings to generate graphic scores, filling in the various rectangle units of their floor plans, elevations, etc. with colors corresponding to certain musical notes on a children's glockenspeil. these scores were given to non musicians who used them to play color coded children's glockenspiels during the performance - and thus mapping the pavilion through various melodic sequences. the colors are related to studies of synesthesia, and are the most commonly used color to note equivalents.

the pavilion was designed by alvaro siza, eduardo souto de mora, and cecil balmond.

to see documentation of the performance click here.

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