Sculpting the Air (Gestural Exformation) (2015)
(for ensemble and live-electronics)

Sculpting the Air is the first piece in a trilogy of pieces called the Exformation Trilogy. The trilogy consists of three pieces for TM+, Quatuor Diotima and ensemble recherche all based on the experiences from developing new interactive software that combine intuitive interface with deep theoretical control - namely the iOS apps Gestrument and ScaleGen, www.gestrument.com.

The three pieces are connected in some of their basic concepts and by the fact that they will all three focus on visual aspects as well as on the music. Finally they are connected to some extent by the musical material they use.

”Exformation” from English Wikipedia:
Effective communication depends on a shared body of knowledge between the persons communicating. In using words, sounds, and gestures, the speaker has deliberately thrown away a huge body of information, though it remains implied. This shared context is called exformation.

Exformation is everything we do not actually say but have in our heads when, or before, we say anything at all - whereas information is the measurable, demonstrable utterance we actually come out with.

Exformation is a term coined by Danish science writer Tor Nørretranders in his book The User Illusion published in English 1998.