The ensemble piece Aporia is not conceived as a large, interrelated statement. Rather, short clear ideas are formed and presented from different perspectives. Further, several variations, of equal importance, are introduced side by side, without forcing any particular one. Possible elaborations in sound, form and rhythm are implied, however their strict development is deliberately avoided.
Perhaps they will be evolved later, perhaps not… In the last instance, the contours of the finely devised ideas are blurred, and thus, they evade concrete musical tangibility. This haziness allows the ideas to simply come into being and grow naturally, without them being conjured up compulsively.
Aporia is a strict refusal to compose an untouchable monolith. Here, the attempt is made to represent this impossibility in an aural framework.
(Anselm Schaufler, Translation: Stacey Bartsch)
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