Blade pitch scores 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 
(2024)

Scores sourced from the jumps at women’s free programmes of top 10, during Beijing 2022 Olympics.


Inspired by the jumps executed during the women’s free programs at the Beijing 2022 Olympics and displayed at Billytown in The Hague, the piece features three miniature ice rinks and a series of notational scores derived from these Olympic performances. By translating the physical movements of skaters into a musical score, the work transforms something inherently non-musical into a playable composition.

The piece critically examines the intense, often hostile nature of high-performance sports like Olympic figure skating, questioning whether there is truly any "freedom" in the so-called free programs. Focusing on the precise moment when a skate blade cuts into the ice—creating a sharp scratch on its surface—the artwork emphasizes the meticulous calculation and pressure underlying the sport. In doing so, it brings attention to the immense psychological and physical strain athletes endure, framing the act of skating not just as an athletic feat but as a form of calculated precision under extreme stress.






The music score consists of the tiny moment when the competitioner’s jump lands and the blade cuts through the ice - that is where the pitch is recorded. Each jump they performed during the performance is recorded from the archive of the Olympics. By watching closely these footages of such a highly competitive sport, and interpreting it into strict notation, it questions how such as beauty, competition, calculativeness, motion manipulation and restrictions are seen in our society through sports and movement. 

Accordingly, the music notation interprets the duration and precision of the programme, by making scores out of the jumps and rests from the in-betweeen time of the jumps.

The temporality of the present is translated into musical score using musical notation as a way of writing data.  

‘Triple axel is difficult. You try it anyway - it brings a better score. ‘




part of. ‘meander’ @Billytown




Laser print on paper, Korg notation stand.
1,0m x 40cm.