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Julianna Barwick • “Thrasher”
Major Taylor Velodrome Skatepark in Indianapolis is home to ledges, transition pyramids, quarterpipes, and a wedge half-bowl. A skater’s outdoor paradise on the prairies. Thrasher captures Julianna Barwick’s observation of a skater’s almost seamless and poetic movement as they glide across concrete surfaces, over ridges, and take flight. The score captures her witnessing of the skaters’ gentle movement through the space—their rolling, lifting, seemingly endless positions. Gestures that have a poetic resonance with the gentle and perfectly timed movements found in music. Barwick’s track is complex with electronic loops that mimic the invisible looped paths a skateboarder takes to master a landing. This song was composed in an appreciation of the singular-nature of the sport of skateboarding and the subculture that includes many vibrant personalities and talent in Indianapolis.
GPS Location: 39.820286, -86.197833
Duration: 04:39
Year: 2017
Commissioned by Sound Expeditions
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