29 mixed media 2004
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
29 is a sonorous, visual and performing arts event, where the stock market oscillations of the crash of 1929 are mathematically transcribed into notes and interpreted by a Big Jazz Band.
15 musicians and two singers recreate Black Tuesday (nickname coined by Americans for the 29th October 1929).
A day that has historically become a part of the ‘mythology of finance’ in popular culture.
THE CONCERT
Documentation of 29 in Milan Underground Station, 2005, Performed by Big Orkestra Crams directed by Luca Garlaschelli
1st Round Stocks exchanged between 10AM and 12PM
2nd Round Stocks exchanged between 12PM and 2PM
3rd Round Stocks exchanged between 2PM to closing
FROM STOCKS TO NOTES
After having acquired the Black Tuesday data at the Wall Street Historical Archives, a software analysis decomposed all the relevant companies stock quotations in microvariables (stock value, frequency and volume of the transaction, field of reference) and recomposed them into a melodic and harmonic system attributing to every element its corresponding (heights of the note, duration, pauses, instrument of execution).
Depending on its own natural characteristics, each instrument analytically interprets the trend of a specific ‘stock exchange sector’, so to have longer notes where the exchange volumes have been massive, and shorter notes in case of small volumes or insufficient dealings, or note's pitch related to actual increase/decrease of the stock.
The improvisations of some instruments coincide instead with the ‘trade hysteria’ of entire fields, while the vocal intervention names Companies involved in major crashes.
Soprano Sax Consumer, Non Cyclical
Flute Utilities
Clarinet Consumer, Cyclical
Alto Sax Energy
Alto Sax Industrials
Alto Sax Cyclical Goods & Services
Tenore Sax Basic Materials
Sopranino Sax Automobiles
Bariton Sax Media
Electric Bass Financial Services
Drum (playing with) Telecommunications
Trumpet Banks
Double Bass Insurancies
Soprano High Volatility Companies
Tenor High Volatility Companies
Mannequin Intervals of Negotiation
BIG ORCHESTRA CRAMS
Director Luca Garlaschelli
Soprano Sax Rosario Antonazzo • Flute Raffaele Menna • Clarinet Nadia Ongarato • Alto Sax Elena Valnegri • Alto Sax Jules Cisse • Alto Sax Antonio Colavita Tenore Sax Luca Morganti • Sopranino Sax Lello Colombo • Bariton Sax Stefano Tampellini • Electric Bass Ivan Barozzi • Drum Maurizio Daccò • Trumpet Matteo Bertola • Double Bass Fabio Crespiatico • Soprano Jolanta Stanelyte • Tenor Gianni Barbieri Mannequin Tiziana Solidoro
THANK YOU
Wall Street Archive Director Mr. Steven Wheeler
Dragana Sapanjos
Filippo Scortecci (Music Consultancy) • Simone Rosati (Financial Consultancy) • Silvio Resteghini (Software Consultancy), Monica Bertini (Outfit Production and Design R&D ) Elena Bari • Leo Modrcin • Pippo & Pera • Chicca • Fabio Framassi • Marco Antonini • Luca Zampogni (Mathematical Consultancy) • Diana Marrone • Scott I. Mayste
29 is produced by Galleria Pianissimo and Luca Bertini
SPECIAL THANKS
Davide Stroppa & Galleria Pianissimo, Milan
PROJECT DETAILS
Project Name 29
Year 2005
Materials Programming, Big Band Jazz