“Relative Position” explores a set of musical materials in a sequence of different
spatial arrangements. Each section repeats certain sound elements, reconfigured
in a new order, and in a new relative position of the musicians.
Without a conductor, the musicians navigate the piece in a context of greater
freedom of action, but also of uncertainty. Some open parameters of semi-
-improvisation, allow the exploration of sound as a current, present, and situated
phenomenon, which is reinforced by the active occupation of space.
The piece has 4 sections with the following titles:
| Posição 1 – Posterior (conjuntura) | // | Position 1 – Posterior (conjuncture) |
| Posição 2 – Horizontal (constelação) | // | Position 2 – Horizontal (constellation) |
| Posição 3 – Paralelo (afinidade) | // | Position 3 – Parallel (affinity) |
| Posição 4 – Sobre (argumento) | // | Position 4 – On/above/about (argument) |
Posição Relative was commissioned y Ensemble DME, and premiered at Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, and was performed again in the Gulbenkian Foundation, at “The Architecture of Sounds“, a concert held in the context of the presentation of the exhibition “Révolutions Xenakis,” commemorating the centenary of Iannis Xenakis, the concert-installation is curated by Ensemble DME and is part of CAM’s programming.