Sky Score, 2019
Getty Center

33 minutes. July 13, 2019. for Ever Present, curated by Sarah Cooper
featuring, and interpreted with: Sky Singers: Stephanie Aston + Mindy Ella Chu; Triple Dress: Janai Amey, Jess Basta, Arlene Deradoorian; Flutists: Rachel Beetz + Jiha Lee; and Community Chorus. Costume: Jillian Maddocks/323

Infinite Tears Mask by CPR, ceramic Chalice Bells made by CPR with crucial assistance from Jacqueline Laurita Cortese and Jiha Lee

Sky Score is a graphic score, performance, and series of objects responding to the Getty archive’s illuminated medieval texts on astronomy, astrology, and esoteric archetypes. Spiral staves are superimposed with the constellations overhead at the moment of performance.

two feminine singers wearing silver jumpsuits face each other, singing from circular musical scores, in front of a fountain at the Getty Center. A large pensive crowd surrounds them.

Mindy Ella Chu and Stephanie Aston. photo: Sarah Cooper

L-R: Jess Basta, Janai Amey, Arlene Deradoorian. photo: Ry Rocklen

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Jiha Lee, Rachel Beetz. photo by Ry Rocklen

A person with long, orange hair and dark roots wears a beige mask with red eyebrows. The mask is crying tears into a cup held below.

Infinite Tears mask. photo: Ry Rocklen

Sky Score: the sky above at the moment of performance, arranged onto spiral staves. For 2 voices, flute, bass flute.