Discovery

Calligraphy is an art of precision, practice, emotion, and style. The practice of calligraphy shares a lot of characteristics with composing music. The beauty of calligraphy is the line’s art which lies in the strokes and its change of works; which carries the same principle when studying a musical instrument. The music note is a set of instructions that allows the practice of music. This project is meant to explore the territory where this set of instructions is replaced by another set of precise art. The wrong stroke of a word is equivalent to a wrong key. 和(H?) is using calligraphy to create a set of musical language. A language that utilize the basic of calligraphic expression: unrestrained, mature, virile, grace, sober, well-knit, prolix, rich, exuberant, and classic.

Based on the expression of the word, can musical notation become an art creation in itself? What if the musical score goes beyond representation, and becomes a presentation. The calligraphy of the musical note becomes a part of the art creation. Location, length, direction, and pressure become parameters that also contribute to the music. The precision of music creation will be retained, but the perception of sounds and visual be enriched. The relationship among note and music and composer are now more powerful, emotional and personal. So in the case of calligraphy music, the musical score becomes a brush stroke. The stroke location, length, direction and pressure become the physical parameters to compose music. The relationship among artist, calligraphy, and music are in harmony, 和(He’).