open instrumentation
Related work: Tree Man 2 (2025)
Program Notes:
Tree Man is a series of artworks focused on calligraphic patterns, the imagination of Chinese Characters, and visual/audio transformation.
「一年樹穀，十年樹木，百年樹人」
“It takes one year to grow grains.
One decade to grow trees.
One century to grow humans.”
Performed by the CalArts Experimental Workshop:
Sean Chiu, violin
Adrian Clark, keyboard
Ivan Cunningham, saxophone
Grace Dashnaw, cello
Jules Evens, melodica
Joe Hayes, guitar
Grant Johnson, percussion
Riya Lakshman, violin
Woody Mo, clarinet, suona, hulusi
Kat Niles, guitar, vocal
Travis Paul, synth
Michael Pisaro-Liu, guitar
Billie Robins, guitar
Davide Umbrello, keyboard
Dongchen Zhu, shakuhachi, vocal, guitar
Performed on 2025.5.12.
The Wild Beasts, CalArts.
Score: Tree Man.pdf
Instruction: Tree Man Instruction.pdf
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