Vers La Flamme
2022 | video | 6:14 min
artistic event video documentation in collaboration with Ben Meerwein [sound/composition], Kilian Scholla & Lisa Storck [arrangements], Tamara Knapp [key visual/graphics]
Venue: Art Biesenthal
Commissioned by Resonant.Space.
An artistic event documentation of a lecture, outdoor soundwalk and concert curated by Resonant.space, an innovative concert format for experimental and classical music. The event took place in August 2022 as part of Art Biesenthal 2022.
Following the lecture, a soundwalk took place in the nearby nature reserve of the Wehrmühle Biesenthal. Four musicians of a string quartet positioned themselves in the landscape, playing fragments of Alexander Skrjabin's compositions. Deep Listening: With some simple exercises inspired by Pauline Olivero's "Deep Listening", contemplative listening was introduced. By walking slowly and silently, the mind calmed down. Sounds of nature mingled with the sounds of the string instruments, while the musicians appeared here and there at different points in the landscape - like apparitions from another space and time. At the end of the soundwalk, the string players were finally heard and seen playing together for the first time. The fragments merged to complete compositions. After the concert, the audience sat down in a circle of eight speakers. The 4 sonata and the piece "Vers la flamme" by Alexander Skrjabin were played in an arrangement for string quartet and piano played by Killian Scholla. In addition, an immersive spatial sound experience was created through electroacoustic compositions and interventions by Ben Meerwein.
Supported by Musikfonds, the comissioners of the government for culture and media as well as C. Bechstein and Art Biesenthal. An event curated by Ben Meerwein, Kilian Scholla and Lisa Strock.
Alexander Skrjabin:
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In deinen glitzernden Wellen ertrinke ich...
Und ich trinke dich, o Meer des Lichts!
Licht, ich verschlinge dich!
