E.M.E Transmitter/Receiver, Disklavier Grand Piano [2007]
E.M.E (Earth-Moon-Earth) is a form of radio transmission whereby messages are sent in Morse
code from earth, reflected from the surface of the moon, and then received back on earth.
The moon reflects only part of the information back – some is absorbed in its shadows, ‘lost’ in
its craters.
For this work, Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata has been translated into Morse code
and sent to the moon via E.M.E. Returning to earth ‘fragmented’ by the moon’s surface, it has
been re-translated into a new score, the gaps and absences becoming intervals and rests.
In the exhibition space the new 'moon–altered' score plays on a Disklavier grand piano.
2 April - 1 June 2008
Earth–Moon–Earth (Moonlight Sonata Reflected from the Surface of the Moon), a publication
to coincide with the exhibtion, is available at Cornerhouse >