Video DV-cam, on music 'FOR EVA HESSE (WITH CN)' by Chiyoko Szlavnics, 14 minutes
This video is made to go along with Chiyoko Szlavnics' composition 'For Eva Hesse (with CN)' which was to be performed with live flute in concert.
The moving image which tries out the contrast between projected film-matter and the white of the projectionscreen, can be seen as just one more layer carefully adding a track to the various wave lines of the music.
Eva Hesse (with CN) (2007)
Two separate sine tone pieces, “Eva Hesse” and “CN”, were created to draw attention to the movement of sound waves in the air, and to the phenomenon of beating.
The two works were combined and installed over 8 loudspeakers in a former swimming hall. The sound travelled freely through the large, reverberant space, evoking the movement of water, which formerly filled the pool. But it also drew attention to the invisible “body of air” in the space, as the various frequencies perceptibly (physically) moved through the room.
For a performance that same summer, I added flute notes, which, when played live in a small space, produced a scintillating set of difference tones.
At the request of flutist Erik Drescher, who wished to perform this piece live, Els van Riel produced the video “Scratch”, which became available for projection during performance of this version of the music.
Chiyoko Szlavnics
Why would one want to add a moving image to music, knowing that the most
concentrated way to listen, to music for example, is with closed eyes?
This would be a good question, if images did not continually pop-up in the mind's
eye anyway.
So why not place image and sound gently beside each other, and allow both to simply be there, to influence each other, to interfere–or underline–each other, and wait for something new to happen?
Els van Riel