Helix Revolver
2007 | violin and live electronics (9')
Commissioned by violinist George Kentros.
Sponsored by SEAMS.
English: revolve = rotate/ turn/ move. Spanish: revolver = return/ to come back. French: revol-ution = to take the power back). Helix= geometric figure in three dimensions who starts in a curve and whos tangent line sways around and makes a constant angle with the axis. Helices are seen in DNA molecules, organic fibres, ivy (hedera helix), spiral staircases etc. Helix Nebula, also called the “Eye of God”, is the name of a planetary nebula from the dead star NGC 7293. Its gases and dust makes spiral formations from our vantage point.
Selected performances: Festival MANCA (Nice, FR), Geiger (Göteborg, SE), Moonshake (Umeå, SE), Nymus (Härnösand, SE), Idka (Sandviken, SE), Fylkingen (Stockholm, SE).