As a part of the VIRID and Friends series at Oz’s Music Environment, the VIRID duo will be performing Beyond the Beyond for Percussion Duo. If you are in the Ann Arbor area, please check it out!
Beyond the Beyond for Percussion Duo (2025) was written for the VIRID duo as a part of the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) and FLYDLPHN Collaboration during the Winter 2025 semester at the University of Michigan. When looking for a concept to put to the artwork I selected, Electric Blue by Derrick Dawson, I found a few bits and pieces of random content that felt like they perfectly encapsulated the idea of randomly recalling memories when attempting to find something completely different.
Specifically, the 1945 horror/mystery film “The Unseen” and the PlayStation 1 JRPG game, whose title I ended up using for the piece. These two incredibly random pieces of entertainment both contribute to the vast amount of content that seems to have been introduced to niche audiences due to the internet in a very similar way, by happenstance. Beyond the Beyond for Percussion Duo follows getting sidetracked trying to find what you want (in my case, a specific French film I still can’t find) and the rabbit holes you may end up in.
For more information about VIRID Duo and FLYDLPHN, please check below!