Broken Ground
Christian Bouchard
Programme notes
Broken Ground was realized in 2011-12 at the composer’s studio in Montréal (Québec) and premiered on February 11, 2012 during the exhibition Broken Ground by Derek Besant at Phoenix Brighton in Brighton (England, UK); the work was revised in 2013 and premiered on April 18, 2013 during the 55th Vienna Biennale at the Künstlerhaus in Vienna (Austria). The exhibition was also presented in 2012 at the Museo di Palazzo Grimani — Polo Museale del Venezia, Venice (Italy) and during the Międzynarodowe Triennale Grafiki (International Print Triennial), Kraków (Poland); in 2013 at the Horst-Janssen-Museum, Oldenburg (Germany) and at Northern Print, Newcastle upon Tyne (England, UK); in 2014 during the Bienal Internacional de Gravura do Douro (International Printmaking Biennial Douro), Douro (Portugal); in 2015 at the Shengzhi Art Centre — 798 Art District, Beijing (China); in 2016 at the Taimiao Art Gallery — Beijing Working People’s Culture Palace, Beijing (China); in 2017 at the Centro de Arte Moderno, Madrid (Spain); and in 2018 at the Prince Takamado Gallery of the Embassy of Canada, Tokyo (Japan). Broken Ground was remixed in 2016 at the composer’s studio in Montréal (Québec). The piece was commissioned by Derek Besant with support from the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ).
- Composer(s): Christian Bouchard
- Year of composition: 2011-12, 13
- Instrumentation: stereo fixed medium
- Commission: Derek Besant, with support from the CALQ
- ISWC: T9202505144
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
Movements
Linear Elasticity
- ISWC: T9202504254
- Duration: 6:09
- ISRC: CAD501710002
Intergranular Attack
- ISWC: T9202504458
- Duration: 3:16
- ISRC: CAD501710003
Hysteresis
- ISWC: T9202504038
- Duration: 7:04
- ISRC: CAD501710004
Kinetic Friction
- ISWC: T9202504232
- Duration: 2:45
- ISRC: CAD501710005
Voids Patterns
- ISWC: T9202504447
- Duration: 6:54
- ISRC: CAD501710006
Resistant Materials
- ISWC: T9202504016
- Duration: 5:16
- ISRC: CAD501710007
Ideal Strength
- ISWC: T9202504436
- Duration: 4:57
- ISRC: CAD501710008
Low Cycle Fatigue
- ISWC: T9202504210
- Duration: 3:14
- ISRC: CAD501710009
Recycling
- ISWC: T9202503999
- Duration: 6:42
- ISRC: CAD501710010
Cumulative Damage
- ISWC: T9202504196
- Duration: 1:03
- ISRC: CAD501710011
Atomic Bonds
- ISWC: T9202504403
- Duration: 7:55
- ISRC: CAD501710012
Condensed State of Matter
- ISWC: T9202503977
- Duration: 2:22
- ISRC: CAD501710013