Enough Holes was written for the French pianist Nicolas Horvath to perform on a concert of hommages to Philip Glass. The piece is a response to one that Glass wrote with Foday Musa Suso for a 1989 production of Jean Genet’s play The Screens. My piece is inspired by an error-filled computer transcription of the original recording, further edited and transformed manually.
I hope it has enough holes.
THE MOTHER: Take the blanket.
LEILA (pointing to a blanket): That one?
THE MOTHER: No, not that one. It hasn’t enough holes.
THE GENDARME (to THE MOTHER): Giving her the one with the most holes?
THE MOTHER: What interests her is the holes. The more there are, the better she likes it.
Enough Holes is part of my ongoing project, A Book of Days. To listen to a recording, please visit May 2nd.