photos by Alexander Banck-Petersen, KLANG Festival.
[Sweeping instrumental music playing on tv] is an audiovisual work bringing together live ensemble, video, and mechanical sculptures.
At its narrative core is a video collage composed of found film clips and still images with subtitles describing sounds, atmospheres, or specific actions.
The film clips are edited into an abstract, open-ended narrative in which the subtitles function as the score. The soundtrack, composed specifically for Esbjerg Ensemble using manipulated LP records and modified turntables, responds either directly to the descriptions or interprets them in contrasting, dialectical, and humorous ways.
George Kentros has translated the composition into musical notation.
The Ensemble performs the composition live alongside mechanical sculptures, with the music, sounds and movements all precisely synchronized to the film.
The work examines how meaning and coherence emerge through timing. It is also 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
