Ethan Hayden | (tRas)

(tRas) is a poetic rehearsal of the Derridean supplement, that unbelonging excess in a binary opposition which is (contradictorily) crucially indispensable. In (tRas), this takes place via a dialectic between linguistic articulation (consonants) and voiced intonation (vowels). While moving between these two poles, the performer acts out a futile search for the primary referent (or "master signifier"), but eventually realizes all that is to be found is an infinite hauntology, a spectral chain of "traces of traces of traces…"

Instrumentation:	solo voice
Date:	April 2014
Length:	ca. 2'
Premiere:	19 April 2014 Ethan Hayden, voice Pausa Art House Buffalo, NY
Program Note:	(tRas) is a poetic rehearsal of the Derridean supplement, that unbelonging excess in a binary opposition which is (contradictorily) crucially indispensable. In (tRas), this takes place via a dialectic between linguistic articulation (consonants) and voiced intonation (vowels). While moving between these two poles, the performer acts out a futile search for the primary referent (or "master signifier"), but eventually realizes all that is to be found is an infinite hauntology, a spectral chain of "traces of traces of traces…"