U Garáží 2023 by Dan Senn |
"Near the Garage" 4K Video and Stereo Sound (See sample video)* Duration = 9:22 -> Read "RKM Interviews Dan Senn" |
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U Garáží (2023)
was filmed on mid-April 2023 in Prague near Gasworks Studio across from
the noble Holeševice fire station. The title translates
to something like "near the garage" and is the name of the street where
filmed. The work concentrates on 1 meter square perimeter surrounding a gas
pipe cover on the sidewalk that had once been ornamented with green
spray paint. This is the third of three videos made in the Spring of
2023 (Danger Alley and Banana Telegraph) in Holeševice, Prague. The sounds here are recorded improvisations of
two pieces of galvanized heating tubes manipulated by the composer at Studio FMEra in Watertown,
Wisconsin, USA in 2022. |
U Garáží was improvised
using a handheld camera with scenes shot in the order presented in the film. The camera movement is purposeful and reflects the spontanaity of the improvised sound. The work is without intended meaning even if it projects, say, the sounds coming from a near by panel-beater's shop. DS 040323 * Listen with headphones.
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Dan
Senn (Prague-Watertown) is an
intermedia/fluxus artist working in music composition and production,
kinetic
sound sculpture, experimental and documentary film. He has been a
professor of music and art in the United States and Australia and
travels internationally as a lecturer, performer and installation
artist. He lives in Prague where he directs the Echofluxx
festivals,
and Watertown, Wisconsin, the USA, with his partner-collaborator,
Caroline Senn. Dan's work moves freely between expressive extremes and
languages depending upon the aesthetic joust at hand. Dan is cofounder
of Roulette
Intermedium in New York City, Cascadia
Composers of
Portland Oregon, and the Echofluxx media
festivals in Prague. (read more). |