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“Living Sound Notation” promotional material

CA pfla EL-EL6-EL6.001
File
1992

File consists of three copies of a promotional postcard for “Living Sound Notation”, a performance art piece at the Styling Gallery by Rax Karal (aka Emmanuelle Loubet). The postcard featured the graphic score from “Metropolis Tokyo: Tokyo Im Rennschritt.”(WDR Hörspiel, 1990)

“Marriage of Figaro” : [maquette]

CA pfla TA-TA11-TA11.11
Item
1990

Part of Banff Centre Theatre Arts fonds

Item is maquette for the production of "Marriage of Figaro".

“Metropolis Tokyo - Tokyo Im Rennschritt” : [Hörspiel by Emmanuelle Loubet commissioned by WDR]

CA pfla EL-EL3
Series
1990

Part of Emmanuelle Loubet fonds

Series consists of material relating to Emmanuelle Loubet’s project “Metropolis Tokyo: Tokyo Im Rennschritt (Sound Polaroïd)”. Series includes a graphic score, a live recording of the master tape of the radioplay (Hörspiel) produced for WDR (West German Broadcasting Cologne aka Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln) and digital copies of promotional material.

“Metropolis Tokyo - Tokyo Im Rennschritt” by Emmanuelle Loubet : [graphic score]

CA pfla EL-EL3-EL3.001
Item
1990

Part of Emmanuelle Loubet fonds

Item is a graphic score which consists of ink drawings, watercolour paintings, and a collage of magazine images and photographs on one side of a long piece of traditional Japanese washi paper. The graphic score depicts Loubet’s first impressions of Tokyo in 1986 and features words to reflect the sounds and a timecode at the bottom of the score.

“Metropolis Tokyo - Tokyo im Rennschritt” (unpublished outdoor version for WDR) : [sound recording]

CA pfla EL-EL3-EL3.002
Item
1990

Part of Emmanuelle Loubet fonds

Item is a digital sound recording of the radioplay (hörspiel) “Metropolis Tokyo - Tokyo Im Rennschritt” ( unpublished outdoor version for WDR). This version is a recording of the original master tape done by Loubet with a stereo mike from the garden of an old Japanese house. In this recording, there is the sound of footsteps in Geta wooden sandals running through the house, opening sliding doors, and starting the 8-track master open reel player for the live recording. This recording functions as an audio reference meant to assist in reading the graphic score.

“Pachinco (Pachinko)” : [audio cassette tape]

CA pfla EL-EL1-EL1.006
Item
[ca. 1986 - 1987]

Part of Emmanuelle Loubet fonds

Item is an audio cassette that features sounds from a pachinko parlour, singing, drumming and various musical numbers. The same recording is repeated on Side B. The audio cassette is wrapped in tissue paper and housed in a plastic sleeve with a photo from a pachinko parlour.

“Patchinco (Pachinko)” : [audio cassette tape]

CA pfla EL-EL1-EL1.007
Item
1986

Part of Emmanuelle Loubet fonds

Item is an audio cassette tape that features sound from a pachinko parlour overlaid with music. The recording is similar to the “Pachinco” audio cassette but the length is different. The audio cassette is housed in a plastic sleeve with a painting of Japanese characters and an additional cassette case containing pachinko balls and coins.