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Counterpoint in Space, Op. 146
1956
metal, glass, electrical and lighting elements, and a frosted-glass screen in an oak cabinet
Duration: 44 hours, 31 minutes, 50 seconds
Counterpoint in Space is neither a recital Clavilux nor a home instrument but a later variation that he made for exhibitions and other permanent-display contexts. He described this work as consisting of "ascending forms moving outward as they rise" and "diagonally descending forms." Though by the mid-1950s this crisscrossing movement was not a novel effect in lumia, Counterpoint in Space produced an astounding 410 variations of form and color combinations and thus has a longer duration than earlier works. In the late 1950s, Wilfred considered it his "most important to date." |