| More: shop.gabilo.com Acousmatic Vera Ivanova; Directed, cut, camera: Andrey Nikolaev; Starring: Natasha Sych; Styling: Danila Polyakov; Producer: Oleg Rozenthal The acousmatic composition «Melancholy» (2001) was created in Moscow at the Theremin Center (theremin.ru). All sounds in the composition are derived from the pre-recorded voice of the British singer Judith Caplan, while she was performing vocal composition «Un~Now» (a setting of Daniil Kharms poem of the same name in English translation). Both compositions («Un~Now» and «Melancholy», which is the second part of «Panic. Melancholy»), have received prizes at international competitions (see detailed information at www.veraivanova.com). One of the phrases from the vocal compostition «Un~Now» was the main source of both inspiration and sound material (which was modified in several computer programs) «We're melancholy, we think and languish». This phrase reflects the emotional content video, created by creative director Alexey Gabilo and director Andrei Nikolayev - a state of somber reflection of a creative person. As an allegoric image, melancholy has found its embodiment in works of many visual artists. One of the most well-known works is the engraving by Albrecht Dürer «Melancholy I» («Melencolia I», 1514), which depicts a winged woman, sitting motionless in the center of the image, and holding a compass in one hand. One of the common interpretations of this image is an allegoric representation of the power and ... |
