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The New Math(s)

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Co-composed score with Louis Andriessen for short film written and directed by Hal Hartley.
Two students and their teacher seem to be fighting – literally – over the proper solution to a complex mathematical equation. Is it the key to time and space or a coded instruction manual about their own secrete urges? An alchemical action movie? A real life cartoon with original music by Dutch composers Louis Andriessen and Michel van der Aa. Hal Hartley fashioned this whimsical piece of fight choreography with three of his recent performer/collaborators, Miho Nikaido, David Neumann, and DJ Mendel.

Originally made for the BBC program “Sound On Film” and aired in 2001. Shot in August 1999 in Brooklyn, NY It has often been shown with live musical accompaniment. This film was co-commissioned and co-produced by NPS Television, which retained the exclusive broadcasting rights for the Netherlands for seven years after its completion.

Instrumentation

Film
2000

soprano
traverso
marimba
violin
soundtrack

Details

Duration

15′

First performance

12 March 2001
Barbican Centre, London, United Kingdom

Commissioned by

NPS Television

Publisher

Boosey & Hawkes

Performances

Last performance


12 March 2001

The New Math(s) (world premiere)

Electra new music

Barbican Centre, London, United Kingdom

All performances of The New Math(s)