Human Organ is a piece by Þórður Hallgrímsson that explores the art of notation and scoring along with instrument building as a compositional practice. The piece is performed by six instrumentalists, who each play a unique instrument built especially for them. The seventh performer plays a special instrument which uses a valve-casing from a trumpet and garden hoses to inflate and deflate six balloons that are placed in front of the other performers. The performers then have to interpret the size of the balloons into different parameters, such as dynamics, pitch, rhythm etc. The seven performers thus become one entity; the Human Organ. A living, breathing instrument.

Performers:

Erla Hlín Guðmundsdóttir
Eydís Kvaran
Iðunn Einars
Jón Arnar Einarson
Þórbergur Bollason
Þórður Hallgrímsson
Þórhildur Magnúsdóttir