Poiesis is a collaborative project between Fine Arts and Music majors, where we share our work with each other and respond in turn. This page tells the whole story about how it started.
My class participated in 2011, on the project's second year.
I think they still do it until now.
My partner was pianist Benjo Jasmin, who introduced me to Astor Piazzolla's Libertango and sat with me to explain the technical components of the piece: It's a dance that starts with a steady rhythm, inviting others to join. The layers build up as you get further into the piece.
Similarly, I worked with patterns and built rhythm from the top of my piece moving down. The paper sunburst elements represent that pa-ra-rap-pa-pa-rap-pa-rap sound the accordion comes in with at 2:41 in the following video. It serves as the base, with more and more elements added in as we move down.
"Poiesis"
Ana Abigail Araneta
20 x 15 " | 2011
paper and watercolor on board
The following term composer Jonathan Domingo and dancer Angela Sebastian collaborated on a performance reacting to my piece, without knowing that it was based on the Libertango. A kind of cross-disciplinary corpse document, if you will. Sadly, I don't have any footage from the recital.
There are, however, other performances documented on the Poiesis site, which you can access here. It still needs some tweaking (for example my name was switched with my classmate's on the captions) but there are many beautiful pieces to explore ✨
