27b/6 is the instrument and the composition. It is designed to interfere with itself and the performer. 27b/6 is anti-communication, anti-aesthetic, and anti-instrumentality. It is not an instrument that optimizes performer control. Instead, compositional form is dictated by the fragmentation and interruption of musical phrases and performance. 27b/6 is purposefully impractical. This impracticality leads to new and expanded forms of performer engagement. The performance becomes an act of navigating a relentlessly faulty and inefficient system in which some forces hold more power than others.
