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Sysif' Song 2002

made for Suite Muziekweek Amsterdam
image Mendel Hardeman
music Jasna Veličković Jasna Velickovic
performed by Gośka Isphording Goska Isphording
on screen Antonia Fritche
on screen Kate Neal
duration 8'44"
Original Format video (DV-PAL, 4:3) with live music

Starting from darkness slowly an image builds up. At first resembling historical examples from the dawn of film-making, it slowly develops into a multi-layered picture where everything is in continuous motion.
Sysif's Song is a short meditation on the passing of time and human life – a quieting, quasi-abstract video-poem built up from clocks and sea tides in almost edible textures, accompanied by a virtuoso soundtrack on harpsichord.

performance history
28.10.02, Suite Muziekweek, Muziekcentrum de IJsbreker, Amsterdam
with live music, as part of HARPSICHORPHEUS
15.03.03, Kloveniersdoelen, Middelburg
with live music
01.05.03, de Witte Dame, Eindhoven
with live music, as part of HARPSICHORPHEUS
09.05.03, GEMstones, GEM - Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Den Haag
video version
25.07.04, Moni Myrthidia, Kythira, Greece
video version