Sonic Collaborations
Katie Kroko and Andrew Israelsen
Twilight on the Prairie
Experimental Music
July 20, 2015
Performed by Katie Kroko and Andrew Israelsen at the Prairie Plains Research Institute.
Katie Kroko: Viola, Bells, Marbles, Singing Bowl
Andrew Israelsen: Ukulele, Motors, Didgeridoo, Rusty Metal, Recorder, Building Materials
Twilight on the Prairie is a site-specific spatial improvisation in a restored 19th century barn at Gjerloff Prairie, Prairie Plains Resource Institute, Marquette, NE. In this long duration performance, instruments and found objects are dispersed throughout the barn, and performers interact with and imitate the natural environment. The piece explores the resonance of a historical barn mid-restoration and references the dialogue of ecological sounds of a summer night on the Nebraskan prairie.