photos by Alexander Banck-Petersen, KLANG Festival.
[Sweeping instrumental music playing on tv] is an audiovisual work for live ensemble, video, and
mechanical Foley sculptures.
The narrative core of the work is a video collage composed of found film clips and still images with
subtitles. The subtitles describe moods, atmospheres, or specific actions—for example: [ominous
tone plays], [object scraping floor], [menacing guttural growling], and [soft tragic music].
The film clips are edited into an abstract, open-ended narrative, detached from their original cine
matic contexts. The subtitles serve as the score, from which a soundtrack is composed that either
responds directly to the descriptions or interprets them in a contrasting, dialectical, and humorous
way.
George Kentros translated the completed LP cut-up composition into musical notation and arranged
it for the Esbjerg Ensemble.
The soundtrack is performed live by the Esbjerg Ensemble alongside mechanical sculptures pro
grammed to execute specific actions in precise synchronization with the subtitles. [Sweeping in
strumental music playing on tv] explores the possibilities and limitations of visual, musical, and
written language. The work examines how meaning and coherence emerge through timing. At the
same time, it is a humorous tribute to the art of Foley—the craft of creating analogue sound effects
for film.
Duration: 56 minutes
Composition, film, and sculptures: Vinyl-terror & -horror
Transcription and arrangement: George Kentros
Live performance: Esbjerg Ensemble
Technical support: Sam Roig
Supported by: The Danish Arts Foundation
