Work
Jung's Shadow
for cello and piano
About
Jung's Shadow was written in 2013 for Severine Ballon and Mark Knoop.
The Jungian ‘Shadow’ can include anything outside of the conscious world, a reservoir for human darkness, and the seat of creativity. The musical starting point is primarily gestural and ‘pre-gestural’, representing attempts to grasp something before it becomes symbolized, perhaps an extension of my previous interest in the writings of the Brazilian philosopher Vilem Flusser, this work seeks to establish a mode of working in the first person, avoiding the ‘ego’ by eschewing constructive and formal approaches in favor of more instinctive and local ones.
Performance history
21 Oct 2014: Performed by Séverine Ballon (cello) and Mark Knoop (piano) at the Rare Earth Concert at City University London, in London.