An exploration of the geological metaphors of language

S/core 

performance by Helen Thomas (deconstructed oboe) and Michael Beiert (electronics)

Soundings: S/core was a sound performance exploring the constituent parts of the  oboe - a wood and reed instrument. In an approach reminiscent of the avant garde music of the 1960s, the oboe in its parts, evoked associations with the landscape:  the reed - a calling bird of prey, the keys - rain upon a roof, ...

S/core was performed during the Researching and Applying Metaphor International Conference at University of Lancaster, in the Peter Scott Gallery.

Word pairs extracted from the Encylopaedia Britannica core sample

Poetry : Pumpkin

Coral : Correlation

Ammonite : Antartica

Placate : Plicate

Particle : Particular

Bastoid : Dentata

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