CAMERA MUSIC
a new project by Giovanni Verrando and mdi ensemble
for voice, 5 performers & video
commissioned by mdi ensemble
“ […] les humains sont plutôt des prolongements d’un environnement, d’un milieu de vie, ou des membres d’un collectif plus large englobant des non-humains, plutôt que des forces qui s’approprient des territoires”
Philippe Descola
The general project
Camera Music is a collection of eight pieces, for male voice, five musicians and different forms of video.
It is divided into two chapters that can be performed independently, and it revolves around a central theme: the human beings’ grotesque desire for power over the environment around them, and it concerns the anthropologist Philippe Descola’s denial of a dichotomy between nature and culture.
The first chapter develops, in general terms, the topics introduced by Descola and the theme of power, sometimes treating them ironically, other times inevitably in a more painful manner.
The second chapter stages the same topic – the relationship between human beings and the environment – but observes it through four characteristics of Hyperobjects described by Timothy Morton: viscosity, nonlocality, temporal undulation, and phasing.
- Camera Music #1,
“In praise of my splendid voice”
for e-guitar, e-cello, voice and commercials
Here you can watch and listen to the web version of Camera Music #1
- Camera Music #2,
“La Mer”
for midi keyboard, e-viola, e-cello, voice and stock footage clips
Here is the trailer of Camera Music #2
- Camera Music #3,
“Je hais la haine”
for e-string trio, voice and stock footage clips
Here is the trailer of Camera Music #3
Still in the oven: Camera Music #4, #5, #6, #7 & #8
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Giovanni Verrando
https://www.giovanniverrando.net
mdi ensemble
https://www.mdiensemble.com/
Associazione musicAdesso
https://www.mdiensemble.com/associazione-musicadesso/
Project referent: Paolo Fumagalli, mdi ensemble
paolofumagalli@yahoo.it
+39 3471364439