asinglewordisnotenough3 (invariant)

This third piece / iteration / instance is the first with a live / acoustic instrument / source. Whereas the original electronic explores the gestural / embodiment limits of fixed media, here the cello reaches for a world of articulated transients / noises / textures / splices. Ideas are expand / shrank / distorted at the limit of recognition, to allow / free their essence from their broken shell.

Also known under the title nureinwortgenügtnicht3 and unseulmotnesuffitpas3, this is a 14-minute multichannel piece for cello and real-time interactive electronics, commissioned and premiered by Seth Parker Woods III.