Exercising is a video performance that explores of the intersection of endurance, minimalism, and indeterminacy through the human body, percussion, and technology, paralleling a daily life during stay-at-home orders. The composition is:

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For synthesizer and acoustic percussion
1. choose 4 notes, at random, for synth arpeggio or fermata
2. choose 3 texture combinations and 3 rhythm patterns for acoustic percussion
3. at a slow tempo, play each percussion combination till you're unable (mentally or physically)

4. acoustic instruments rest

5. choose 5 notes, at random, for synth
6. prepare same percussion combinations
7. at a moderate tempo, play each percussion combination till you're unable

8. acoustic instruments rest

9. choose 6 notes, at random, for synth
10. prepare same percussion combinations
11. as fast as possible, play each percussion combination till you're unable
12. choose 7 notes, at random, for synthesizer
13. allow synth to play till your heartbeat returns to resting rate

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Concept by Michael John McKee

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S C R E E N I N G S

Leon Art Gallery Annual Performance Art Series 2020 (Denver, Colorado)