Archipelago Sierpinski: Uslar/Gorong: for soprano (executing actions inside piano) and pianist

The works of the compositional cycle Archipelago Sierpinski are inspired by the combination of the name of a writer that I admire and a fictional or real place with which I have a personal connection. In this cycle, all the instruments are modified and I seek to explore in depth the possibilities of modular structures. Therefore, the structure of the pieces is modular and the structure of the whole cycle is modular. Archipelago Sierpinski is a collection of collections, or using a metaphor, each work is an “archipelago,” and the whole cycle is an “archipelago” that is why the title alludes to the self-similar fractal, known as the Sierpinski triangle.

Uslar/Gorong consists of FIVE (5) ‘Islands’ or sections (I, II, III, IV, & V) that can be performed continuously in any order; therefore, the piece must be perceived as a single movement, under no circumstances the work must be performed in such a way that changes of sections are perceived as such.

Some ‘Islands’/sections of Helicoide/Bellatin [indicated in brackets] can be performed simultaneously with ‘Islands’/sections from Uslar/Gorong, and ‘Islands’/sections can be performed simultaneously with Aira/Sonora.