All Colors Present
2025
A full-spectrum meditation on restraint and duration.
All Colors Present extends the IN.SIGHT investigation into how disciplined reduction generates perceptual expansion. Presented as a seated audiovisual performance, the work unfolds as a sustained field of tonal focus and formal clarity. Rather than building toward climax, the piece invites inner quietude. Through repetition and incremental shift, minimal gesture opens into a wide chromatic and sonic spectrum.
Documentation
Concept
How can fullness emerge from constraint? What does it mean for repetition to reveal rather than obscure? All Colors Present proposes that intensity need not rely on density. Through steady pulse, tonal sustain, and slow variation, the work transforms apparent simplicity into spectral depth. The lineage resonates with the long-form compositional rigor associated with Table of the Elements and artists such as Tony Conrad. The structural force is real, but the work does not confront. It concentrates. Within restraint, the spectrum widens.
System / Method
- Artist-led durational composition — Jon Mueller’s percussion-based practice centers disciplined repetition, tonal sustain, and controlled dynamic expansion; structure unfolds through incremental variation rather than dramatic contrast
- Visual counterpoint — Tom Lecky’s photographic work emphasizes form, memory, abstraction, and material detail; imagery operates as quiet architectural reinforcement rather than narrative illustration
- Live electronics and feedback systems — Lihuen Sirvent’s Glare integrates acoustic performance with electronic processing; sound-light-video interactions shaped by responsive feedback structures and custom-built interfaces
- Spectral pacing — gradual expansion of harmonic and textural range; attention calibrated toward micro-shift recognition rather than macro-event
- Listening-chamber configuration — performance presented fully seated; spatial environment structured to reduce distraction and heighten collective stillness
- Curatorial framing — Groupwork + Torn Space + Eannelli situate the work within IN.SIGHT’s broader research into duration, perception, and atmosphere
Spatial Experience
The theater functioned as a chamber of sustained attention. Social energy gathered prior to the performance and then settled into collective stillness. Sound accumulated gradually, reshaping the perceived dimensions of the room without overt spectacle. Visual elements reinforced contour and edge. The environment rewarded patience. Perception slowed. Subtle variations became expansive. What first appeared minimal revealed full chromatic depth over time.
Documentation Notes
Performed October 11 at 612 Fillmore Ave, Buffalo, NY. Presented by Groupwork in collaboration with Torn Space Theater and Eannelli. Featured performances by Jon Mueller + Tom Lecky (All Colors Present) and María Lihuen Sirvent (Glare). This installment marked a refinement of the IN.SIGHT framework, clarifying how guest artists operate within a curated perceptual system focused on duration, discipline, and spectral expansion.