{"id":151,"date":"2025-11-03T10:41:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T10:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monsterwheel.ch\/?page_id=151"},"modified":"2025-11-20T19:23:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T19:23:12","slug":"https-monsterwheel-ch-page-id151","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/monsterwheel.ch\/?page_id=151","title":{"rendered":"Itagij"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\" style=\"min-height:116px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2015 &#8211; Sound performance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>23 min, guitar, computer, six amplifiers, TV<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\" style=\"min-height:65px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary><strong>Description<\/strong><\/summary>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Presented at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/multimelyal.tumblr.com\/post\/135657062641\/itagij-performance-18122015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Tranzition<\/a><\/strong> in <strong>Toni Areal<\/strong>, <strong>Z\u00fcrich<\/strong>, <strong>Switzerland<\/strong> on 18.12.2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My composition \u2018<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/song\/itagij\/1352052403\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Itagij<\/a><\/strong>\u2019 has a Morse code, which is audible throughout the piece. The name is an&nbsp;abbreviation for \u2018<strong>I trapped a ghost in a jar<\/strong>\u2019 and is&nbsp;inspired by an ebay auction in which a spirit in a jar was offered for sale. The used Morse code was&nbsp;generated from the description text of this auction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The six amplifiers played six voices of the composition and they were positioned to take advantage of the acoustics of the terrace to make the sound&nbsp;audible everywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Melanie Kistler<\/strong> performed the auction text at the same time in <strong>Vienna<\/strong>. This was aired live on a TV in <strong>Zurich<\/strong>. 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