Screening of “A Page of Madness” and Live Soundtrack Performance
Thu 25 Oct 2018, 8 – 10 pm
Heritage Space, 1st Floor, Dolphin Plaza
6 Nguyen Hoang / 28 Tran Binh, My Dinh 2, Hanoi
From Heritage Space:
You are cordially invited to a screening of the 1926 silent film “Kurutta Ippêji” (A Page of Madness) by Teinosuke Kinugasa with the accompaniment of a LIVE SOUNDTRACK (electronics improvised set) performed by Iván Ferrer-Orozco and other musicians.
The LIVE SOUNDTRACK (electronics set) is inspired by the former practice of accompanying silent films with acoustic instruments, and especially by the narrative art of Setsumei and the Benshi tradition on silent Japanese cinema. Through the use of electronic media as controllers, computer and different devices and algorithms programmed by himself, Iván Ferrer-Orozco proposes an approach that transcends the musical accompaniment to create acoustic spaces and atmospheres, which take to the sound sphere both the visual elements of the real and the fantastic sequences; the violence of the fighting scenes, the editing and camera work, the time management, and specially the state of mind of the characters, represented through electronics sounds, noises and transformed samples. With the idea of the Benshi practice on mind, the accompaniment looks to create a translation of the psique of the characters, bringing intensity, vehemence and clarity to the film.
ABOUT THE FILM
“Kurutta Ippêji” (A Page of Madness), is one of the landmarks of the Japanese silent film industry from 1920’s. An extremely beautiful and revolutionary film considered lost for 45 years, a copy was discovered by its director, Teinosuke Kinugasa, inside rice cans on his old house in 1971. Based on a story of the Nobel Prize Yasunari Kwabata, the film takes place in an asylum where a woman is incarcerated after losing her mind and trying to kill her own son by drowning him. Her husband, a former sailor conscience-stricken for his mistreatments to her, takes a job as a custodian in the mental hospital to take care of her. Their daughter visits the hospital to announce that she is getting married, but she is afraid that if the condition of the mother is discovered by her fiancé and his family, they can void the engagement under the consideration of the time that mental illness is hereditary. The father tries to help her daughter by hiding his wife, taking her out of the asylum, but in the attempt to get closer to her and help her regain her sanity, he will also lose, little by little, contact with reality.
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
Iván Ferrer-Orozco (Mexico City, Mexico, 1976) is a composer, laptop improviser and electronics sideman. His music has been performed at several concert series and festivals in Europe, America and Asia. He has been artist in residence in institutions of Spain, France, USA, Mexico, South Korea, Germany, Canada and Cyprus. His works have been awarded at several call of works: 43rd International Computer Music Conference (South Korea, 2018), IV and II Electroacoustic Music Festival UC (Chile, 2018, 2016), Seoul International Computer Music Festival (South Korea, 2016), Sonosintesis Festival (Mexico, 2016); LEMATS (Spain, 2014), MATA Festival (NYC, 2011), San Diego New Music and NOISE Ensemble (2010)… Iván is director and producer of InterAcciona, platform that comprises different activities related to art creation and new media; member of NEOPERCUSION ensemble, arts consultant at Acelerador de Artistas, and lecturer on digital arts, sound design and interactivity at IED-Madrid (Spain). He is also very active in the field of the electronic arts as sideman, collaborating with soloists and ensembles from Spain and abroad.
ENTRANCE FEE (Please pay by bank transfer before October 25 to reserve your seat):
– Standard: 70,000 VND
– For members of Heritage Space and students: 50,000 VND (show your student cards when checking-in)
Email: [email protected]
Hotline: 0913715168 (Yen)
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Heritage Space is a combination of an art gallery, a library, a concert hall, co-working office, residency space, artist studios and some open-stages, which has the capacity to host art exhibitions, music events, educational programs, multi-creative forms, artist-in-residency programs and others. Run by a group of curators, artists, researchers, musicians and architects, Heritage Space’s mission is to become a HUB for individuals and groups working on multi-disciplines from both inside and outside of the country to support and develop the creative industries in Vietnam.
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