The element of chance was a recurring interest for Surrealists, Fluxus artists, and in the work of John Cage, for example, as well as those who have come after them. The orchestration of chance is seen as a technique to break down old hierarchies and models in music and art. I incorporate chance in my work, too, but my point of departure is a scene from the American film, The Deer Hunter, in which a group of US soldiers are captured during the Vietnam War and subjected to a game of Russian roulette. The guitar soundtrack from the film has become a very well-known piece of music. In the video cavatina, I play the music using chance operations in which the guitar strings are affected according to the outcome of a roll of the dice. Although I play the piece just as the notes of the score determine, it rings more and more false as it falls out of tune.
