First installment in an ongoing symphonic series of five video works exploring mythological and historical landscapes through live-performed cinema integrating video and music. All pieces are executed according to scores alongside musical performance, emphasizing temporal perception and spectator co-existence with silence.
This visual investigation of the Curonian Spit‘s mythological landscape combines different temporal layers — documentary and staged materials, history and myth — into a multidimensional projected image. The work originated from a spiritual séance conducted by an international artist collective, supplemented by dreams and narratives gathered in Nida.
Technical setup includes two VHS players and one computer with media files, with streams mixed in real-time combinations determined by a spinning dreidel. Two streams play simultaneously and overlap continuously. A secondary on-stage screen displays archival documentary footage alongside audio of a traditional Lithuanian song based on a poem by Russian anarcho-biocosmist A. Yaroslavskiy.
The piece incorporates five languages; rather than subtitles, a special libretto accompanies viewers. Performance duration equals one bottle of wine consumed by the video performer.
Collaborators:
- Video performance: Luisa Nobrega
- Cinematography: Nikita Pavlov
- Song performance: Eglė Marčiulaitytė
- Created at Nida Art Colony