I. Introduction on a Theme of Humans as Aquifers (download the video) || (download mp3) || (alternate mp3 download) VanGogh/video/VanGogh, piano (Scott Marosek), narrator (Jessica Leza) For those times in which we exist simply to move water from place to place. II. Klein Bottle (download mp3) | (alternate download) pre-recorded stereo audio, 5'23" the Klein Bottle is a single-sided bottle in which the outside is the inside. Unlike it's simpler counterpart, the mobius strip, it can be physically realized only in four dimensions, since it must pass through itself without the presence of a hole. A crab who crawled the surface of such a bottle would never encounter barriers to its movement. III. Baba Yaga (download mp3) | (alternate download) gu-zheng (Jessica Leza) Baba Yaga is a fearsome witch who lives deep in the forrests of Russia. She has iron teeth and lives in a hut elevated on chicken legs. The house spins about emitting blood-curdling screams, sometimes surrounded by a fence of bones with glowing skulls lighting up the walk. The guzheng, Chinese forerunner of the Japanese koto and Korean kayagum, originated over 2,300 years ago and is one of the oldest plucked instruments in China. Because of its melodic qualities, the Guzheng was extremely popular for both court and folk music. IV. Two Ideograms (download mp3) | (alternate download) piano (Scott Marosek), B-flat clarinet (Gabriel Lit) - Intermission - performed by Danny Cantu, William Carlson, Jessica Leza, Michael Leza, Gabriel Lit, William Maher, and Dianna Wray Featuring: The sweet, Sweet sounds of Piano Preparation! The Coruscating Flatulence of Mr. Cantu's Men's Room Trumpet Solo! Free Beer, from the Intimidatingly Charming ice-chest of Michael Leza! The Mad Hot Dancing of Dianna Wray, William Carlson, and Benjamin Leza! And the Indecipherable Ambient Demon-Chatter of Gabriel Lit and William Maher! Dianna and Ben dance up a storm. Preparing the piano with the audience's generously donated car keys. V. Neurotoxin (download mp3) | (alternate download) pre-recorded stereo audio, 3' Neurotoxin (n.) - a toxic agent or substance that inhibits, damages, or destroys the tissues of the nervous system, especially neurons (the conducting cells of your body's central nervous system). Neurotoxins comprise the main lethal component of cobra venom, which kills by binding to a receptor on the muscle and preventing the nerve impulses which induce muscle contraction, leading to the cessation of breathing and eventual death. VI. Ave Maria (download mp3) | (alternate download) soprano (Dianna Wray), alto (Jessica Leza), and baritone (William Maher) Written for an aborted performance in the Dominican Cathedral of Toulouse, France, June 2000. VII. Tower of Silence (alternate download) animation, octet: 8' flute (Meg Griffith), trumpet (Danny Cantu), clarinet (Gabriel Lit), bass (Lindsey Verrill), piano (Scott Marosek), soprano (Dianna Wray), alto (Jessica Leza), tenor (William Maher) Pavlov's Tower Of Silence was the site for his experiments of the physiology of digestion. A converted staircase, the tower consisted of eight rooms in which every environmental factor from temperature to vibration to sound could be controlled. It should be considered that even when we are not ourselves in isolation chambers being manipulated to provide a pre-specified response, our behavior is constantly being shaped and influenced by factors we may not be aware of, and of which it is not always neccessary to be a willing participant. The video was made from over three-hundred 3"x4" drawings which were scanned in and animated using Final Cut Pro. excerpts from Pavlov's acceptance speech for the Nobel prize, used in Tower of Silence alarana.net