Train of thought

Manuella Blackburn

Train of thought has been performed in Bremen, Goms, Lisbon and Pistoia…

Thoughts broken into disjointed fragments. Distractions, changes of plan and multitasking chaos break the continuity of my ideas. This work is about capturing something in its complete form; a train going by, a walk outside, a musical idea and then breaking it harshly so it does not finish or follow its intended course. Incomplete trajectories and sounds, unexpectedly cut short, form a metaphor for my thinking as I become diverted in everyday life. Focused, uninterrupted thinking and creative time seem like a distant memory. Crafting interruptions shape pauses, stoppages and collisions with silence to mark out and celebrate the cutouts of sound.

[viii-25]


The piece was commissioned by the DEGEM through the Thomas-Seelig-Fixed-Media-Preis 2025.

Premiere

  • October 11, 2025, Spatial Audio Currents: Jahres-Mitgliederkonzert der DEGEM, Konzertsaal — Hochschule für Künste Bremen, Bremen (Germany)

Awards

Details

Train of thought (2025), 8:54
stereo fixed medium

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