Rehearsing Fingerprints in Belfast
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Showreel from three days of rehearsal in Belfast, 30 October to 1 November 2026.
At the end of October I spent three days in Belfast with a group of concert musicians, old friends and new, rehearsing Fingerprints for the next public performances. There was no audience. We moved between a couple of different venues with their own acoustics, and recorded every take.
The aim was to bring the visuals closer into the improvisation, so that the drawing can lead as well as follow. Sometimes the musicians answered the drawing, and sometimes it answered them.
We learnt how to pass the lead between us, across the music and the drawing, and how much a good sound check changes what comes out at the other end. The work goes on, but I came away feeling we had crossed a threshold. This is new ground.
Fingerprints is an improvisation between acoustic musicians and a live projected drawing. I play MarkSynth, the drawing instrument, and everyone in the room is listening to everyone else. There’s more about the project, and the earlier performances, at performancefingerprints.com.