An Artist, an Architect, and a Composer
walk into a Conservatory...

An article about the 2017 Chicago Architecture Biennial where L'air Pour L'air was premiered at the Garfield park Conservatory (September 2017). This project was designed by Ana Prvački and Florian Idenburg, co-founder of the NY architecture firm SO-IL. Sharing a serious concern for air pollution, artist Ana Prvački and Florian Idenburg, founder of the New York architecture firm SO-IL, are constructing 'wearable enclosures' made of air filter fabric which will purify air.

Each enclosure houses a musician, performing a walking meditation. The original quartet is for voice, flute, tenor saxophone and tenor trombone, all wind instruments. The text of Hildegard of Bingen is extracted from the AIR section from the second book of Elements from Physica, her treatise on health and healing. The English translation is by Tom Sapsford. The bell is the marker of time and progression. Symbolically, the sound of the bell is the symbol of creative power.

Its mystic significance is that of all objects which are suspended between heaven and earth. Just as air is between heaven and earth.

Full article:

“An Artist, an Architect, and a Composer walk into a Conservatory...”  (PDF)

Published in:

The Association of Canadian Women Composers (ACWC) — Fall / Winter Journal 2017

Driving Around Los Angeles with The Industry's Hopscotch Opera

Included in the Winter 2015 Journal of the Association for Canadian Women Composers.

Full article:

“Driving Around Los Angeles with The Industry's Hopscotch Opera”  (PDF)

Published in:

The Association of Canadian Women Composers (ACWC) — Winter Bulletin 2015

A Tale of Two Compositions

A lecture/performance on compositional process that discussed 2 works (OR… and Cloisonné) in two parts.

Part One was told as a story of the inspiration and process, with musical illustrations by cellist Derek Stein. The second part was told as a recipe to reach a final product.

Performance:

Mimoda Music & Culture Series

Curated by:

Dana Ross

Some Thoughts About Pre-Composition

An article written for the University of Melbourne CONTEXT Journal.

Full article:

“Some Thoughts About Pre-Composition by Veronika Krausas”  (PDF)

Published in:

CONTEXT Journal of Music Research — No. 29 & 30 (2005)

errata: a curious collection of corrections

A limited edition hand-made book

er-ra-tum

(noun pl. er-ra-ta)

An error in printing or writing, especially such an error noted in a list of corrections and bound into a book.

Oculus Capri In Nota Est
(a Goat's Eye On The Note)

A set of 7 postcards of goats with their eyes on the note of the first letter in their names … with matching key signatures.

Cost:

$10 / Set of 7 (4x6) Postage not included

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vk@veronikakrausas.com

Compositionally Inclined Canines

A set of 7 postcards of canines inspired by composers.

Including: BARKtok, Luigi Nono, POOCHini, Rustimaninoff, SHOEmange, StockHOWLsen, and Wagner.

Cost:

$10 / Set of 7 (4x6) Postage not included

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Entomological Eye on the Note

A set of 7 postcards of insects with their eyes on the note of the first letter in their names … with matching key signatures.

Cost:

$10 / Set of 7 (4x6) Postage not included

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Eye on the Note

A set of 7 postcards of animals with their eyes on the note of the first letter in their names … with matching key signatures.

Cost:

$10 / Set of 7 (4x6) Postage not included

Order Via:

vk@veronikakrausas.com

The 44 Scarves of Liza Minnelli

Russell Brown purchased 44 of Liza Minnelli's used scarves at auction and sent them to 43 friends asking them to make images which suggested "Minnelli metaphor".

Thanks to Daniel Anderson, who helped me film. I was thrilled to receive a beautiful Lambswool and Angora Jack Spade scarf that made me think of her love of music and her great generosity in supporting AIDS research.

Official Website:

http://russellbrownfilmmaker.com/the-44-scarves-of-liza-minnelli/

Trailer:

https://vimeo.com/314115835

7 intermezzi for film

A series of absurd fragments about dogs, umbrellas, and other things.

Screenings:

2004

Electric Lodge Venice, CA

2005

Museum of Jurassic Technology Culver City, CA

IN + ON

A collection of photographs of graffiti from 20 countries

Order via:

lulu.com

ISBN:

978-1-4303-1990-0

Bell Wheel for Sandra

Sound Sculpture on permanent outdoor exhibit at the Djerassi Artists Colony, Woodside California.

In memoriam:

Sandra "Sid" Laird (1965 - 2006)