Archive for October 2011
| acoustic identity workshop @ goethe zentrum antananarivo / madagascar / september 2011 |
I am happy to announce that the first launch of my project ‘acoustic identity’ has been successfully realised. 14 kids from madagascar’s capitol antananarivo worked with maria weber, me and our interpreter yannick for twelve days, collecting audio- and videomaterial that represents madagascar’s unique culture. A culture that has been heavily suppressed during the french colonalisation period and christianisation. The collected material (more than 12 hours of video and audiomaterial) reveals madagascar’s diversity, it’s host of impacts, visual, acoustic and physical, which throw you of balance, and both oppress and enchant you. The material offers a direct and realistic approach to the life and culture in it’s purest form. Licensed under a special creative commons (by-nc-nd) I hope for a rich diversity of productions using this material.
The first work of mine to be released and using only this material is the radioplay ‘fermez les yeux’. It will be officially produced for the ORF kunstradio
OE1 in 5.1 surround sound and will be broadcasted in early 2012. Around this time a follow-up documentary short film will be finished as well.
The project would not have been possible without the believe, support and help of eckehart olszowski and his team at the goethe zentrum : ansa, ransa, yannick and ida. Thank you for all your work, patience and effort.
The development of the documentation and uploads of more material will happend successively during the next weeks on my blog and the project’s website.
I wish the people of madagascar all the best and hope that the crises finds an end with the next presidential election. By now, I leave you with some pictures from the project. Audio and video content will follow soon.
The project was supported bye the bmukk, kultur land steiermark, austrian embassy pretoria and the goethe zentrum in antananarivo.
‘acoustic identity’s participants and by-nc-nd-license-owners are (in no particular order) :
Maria Weber, Peter Kutin, Marbel Hanitrarivo,
Safidy, Yannick Rakotomanana, Dolly Ramatimanana, Nathalie Ramasinana, Stephanie Rabenja, Valerie Rabearisona, Koloina Andriambololona, Gracia Andriambololona, Patricky Rabearisona, Tsanta Raharijaona.
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