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Mars
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Albright Know Art Gallery May 4 , 2012


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EBMA
Michael Basinski
Mike Calhoun
Don Metz
Jim Perone
Ed Sobola
Andrew Topolski
John Toth

Martian Water Seldom Flows for Four Voices Softly into Microphones

again      and          and
and        and        as
as           as           at
at           at           back
back      both       but
but        by           by
by          cap         cap
cap        caps       chills
clouds   day        does
Dr.         Dr.         Dr.
Dr.         dry        each
fogs       found   from
from      frost     ground
has        heats     hugh
ice         ice          ice
ice         ice          ice      
ice         ice          ice
in           in           in
in           is            is
it            it            its
like        led         low
made    Mars     most
not        not        north
north    north    of
of          of           of
on         on          out
pole     poles     saw
state    sun        team
that     that        the
the      the          the
the      the          the
the      the          their
then    they        to
to        to             to
turn    turn        was
while  would

?or?M

also  around
carbon carbon
carbon changes
craters create
croften during
eartly evening
exist farmer
farmer forming
freezes frozen
indeed kieffer
kieffer liquid
many maping
mapping Martian
Martian Martian
Martian most
never polar
pressures proved
readings sorely
summer surface
taken therefore
today vapor
vapor vapor
viking’s viking’s
watched water
water water

?or?A

atmosphere
cameras
dioxide
dioxide
dioxide
directly
infrared
minimum
permanent
permanent
receptive
scientists
suspected

?or?R

evaporate
familiar
photographed
significant
temperature
temperature
temperature
temperatures
virtually
water-vapor

?or?S and/or ?Z



The first 180 words divided into four alphabetized columns of words, the first column having words of one syllable, followed by columns of two, three, and four syllable words, from the section titled “Martian Water Seldom Flows” from the article Sifting for Life in the Sands of Mars by Rick Gore National Geographic Vol. 151, No. 1. January 1977, page 11, for a work composed in the 1970s.

 

  Odin Marz

Odin MARZ  4:00

Improvisational option: ? improvise a word or words or invent a word
?M improvise a word or words beginning with the letter M or invent an M word
?A improvise a word or words beginning with the letter A or invent an A word
?R improvise a word or words beginning with the letter R or invent an R word
?S and/or ?Z improvise a word or words beginning with the letter S or Z or invent an S or Z word

 

 

A QUAKE OR TREMOR WOULD BE HELPFUL IN CONDUCTING SINGLE SYLABLE WORDS  8:00

A selection of alphabetized single syllable words chosen by choice, from the sections titled “A Quake or Tremor would be Helpful” and “Are We Alone in the Universe?” from the article Sifting for Life in the Sands of Mars by Rick Gore National Geographic Vol. 151, No. 1. January 1977, pages 25-26, for a work composed in the 1970s.

Improvisational option: ? improvise a word or words or invent a word

a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a air air air air an an an an an and and and and and and and and and and and and and and are are are are arm as as as as be be be beast  both both but but by by by can can can cell chief cloud code cool cooled core core crust day day deal does drop drop dug dust dust earth earth earth far far feel field flow for for for for found found freeze from from form get gone good great has have heard  heat heats help hint hope hour if if if if in in in in in in in in in inch it it it it it it it it it it its its is is is is is is is is is is is is is is just kept large lead learn less life life life life like looked made may may Mars Mars Mars Mars Mars mean miles mixed more most most much my  new new next no no noise none not not not now of of of of of of of of of of of of of of of of of of of of of of of off on on on on on on once once one or or or our out out out own pick plax point pole prove range rate rays reach red rock said said same same saw score seen sent since site slow slug small so so so so so so soil soon south spot still still storms strange strange sun sun that that that   the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the thick thin thing this  to to to to to to to to to to to to to to too took two two up view want was was way we we we wealth well went were which which whole why will will wind winds with with with with would would would year young

?

  MARZ BLUES  5:00
 

THE TWO MARTIAN MOONS SOLO JOUST   15:00

?Phobos     ?Diemos

gorged fragments
? ? ? ? ?
? improvise a word or words or invent a word

Phobos then Diemos
Phobos then Diemos
Then Phobos and Diemos

For some duration

 

SOFT VOICES THAT FADE TO NOTHING

A selection of phrases, words, and parts of words chosen by choice from the  article Sifting for Life in the Sands of Mars by Rick Gore National Geographic Vol. 151, No. 1. January 1977for a work composed in the 1970s.

Improvisational option: ? improvise a fading phrase, word or words or invent a fading word

 

A soil so exotic           On mars, bugs may not let material escape from them
On September 3, 1976            ?         A welcome abyss ?                  Nilosyrtis
Sponge like                  I almost expected to see camels           ?
   Maybe wind carved cliffs                  Ius Chasma  ?
 About the size of a typewriter     ?    Plunging canyons         “tides”
         Merely a ditch     ?     Refoam ?   Mere foothills    ?
Flank wrapped in clouds     Scavengers or cannibals      
Gas leakage                ?                      How did it get so hugh?
Amid hilly        Often confounding       A TV brightness knob
      ?    Tremors   Jarred    “bugs’     A series of episodes    Scoop 
?    Slating sunlight    Every nutriant a microbe could like    Where did it go?           ?         There isn’t enough ozone   
jumm ?         rys             oose   ?  oves              mooth             vou  ?   osh    uurvv   phe             mooo   ?   rive      isss     ow    je   ?   du   ooom   ? urs ?    oon
 udg    ?  uuune         nnnn  ?         loooods            rrrral          eeeeep    irm  ?   zy
  ul    ays    yious  xi           sh  ?         el           ces                     jee   vi            yns   gns            ung
  aaz   oss   zi   ej            cooo            m           en ?         vo           oo          gn           o  ?eemm  ?         u           cau ?           y            cr            rw ?           ou  ?         e