KAFI
Kafi (Coffee)
is a performativ music piece for two violinists, concert masters.
It is a fantasy about transforming the smell of coffee into music.
Two concert masters make coffee and play with the noise of the Bialetti espresso machine.
Motion sensors are attached to the violin bows.
With the movements of the violin bows, the two musicians influent
and change the bubbling of the coffee machine
until the noise turns into pitches and chords.
Context
"Kafi" is one of eight compositions for the Zurich Baroque Orchestra, objects and live electronics as part of the project "Du matin au soir".
The compositions refer to different places of performance: the botanical garden, the swimming pool and the church, as well as to the three times of day - morning, noon and evening.
The eight pieces can be understood as "sound interventions".
They were performed between the movements of Joseph Haydn's three symphonies:
No. 6 'Le Matin', No. 7 'Le Midi' and No. 8 'Le Soir'.