FILMS
Symphonic Distress
(2022)
SYNOPSIS
The music came first: a mixed contemporary
piece by composer Yuliya Zakharava,
in which instrumentalist Pamela Reimer plays
a piano score, while also triggering
prerecorded sequences and incorporating
vocal and percussive elements. Asked
to provide a visual component for the work,
I was struck and conquered by its intensity
and beauty from the very first listen.
Although both the music and the film are
in themselves apolitical and stateless,
the wish to collaborate and the urgent
impulse to express ourselves through art
have been exacerbated by the outbreak
of the Russo-Ukrainian conflict.
The intention, therefore, while avoiding
any direct reference to war, is to tacitly
evoke certain universal emotions born out
of its consequences: fear, suffering, outrage,
vulnerability, abnegation, hope.
TECHNICAL SUMMARY
Experimental short film / Music video
Runtime: 10:04 • 4K Video
Color / Black and white • Aspect ratio: 1,33:1
Language: Silent film
CREDITS
Screenwriting, directing, photography,
editing, production: Marco Joubert
Composer: Yuliya Zakharava
Piano, voice, percussions: Pamela Reimer
Interpretation: Marie Tifo
Puppeteer: Alexandra Gorlin-Crenshaw
Extras / Hands:
Marco Joubert, Pamela Reimer
Animals: Camouflage, Clara, Cosmos
With support from:
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