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Sound and cinema sculpture<\/em>
\nTallinas Street 10, Tallina\u2019s Quartier, courtyard<\/strong><\/p>\n

Absence<\/em>, a sound and cinema sculpture is being demonstrated at the STARO R\u012aGA festival by artist Voldem\u0101rs Johansons. It is a special, ice screen installation, combined with a composition specially created for this work, as a dedication to the fragile Arctic environment. The work was created over two years during two expeditions to the extreme environment and glacier world of the Arctic.
\nThe cinematographic work documents the current Arctic landscape: the glacier surfaces and their disintegration, mountain ranges, the upper layer of the rugged land, the melting of the ice and the streams of water. It will allow visitors to the STARO R\u012aGA Festival to perceive the relationship between mankind and the untouched environment: to sense the majesty of the Arctic wind and landscape, stimulating reflections about civilization and survival in such extreme conditions.
\nThe Svalbard Archipelago, which is the most distant northerly inhabited place in the world was chosen as the spot for the filming and sound recording of this work. Svalbard, translated directly means cold edge<\/em>, which corresponds with how the place is described, as the inhospitable archipelago is covered by ice and snow. “The work was created over two years, through collaboration with Norwegian polar scientists, ice artist Peder Istad and Latvian video operators. In the first expedition together with operator M\u0101ris Maskal\u0101ns, we headed far away from civilization to document the Arctic environment. The visual material we obtained and the Arctic sound we collected created the foundation for the work. During the second expedition, we created a northern inspired sound, using both acoustic instruments, as well as electronics in collaboration with Norwegian saxophonist Rolf-Erik Nystr\u00f8m, ” said Johansons.
\nThe expedition was documented by J\u0101nis Ke\u0161\u0101ns and Eva Johansone so that the creation process of the work could be graphically illustrated to viewers and to answer the question of \u201cHow is a work of art created?\u201d The seven-minute video reveals two years of work, capturing the two expeditions and the collaboration with Norwegian saxophonist Rolf-Erik Nystr\u00f8m. \u201cThe final result was a pleasant surprise, as the huge ice masses on which the Arctic scenes pulsated, accompanied by music, seemed to come to life, each telling their own glacier story\u201d, as Eva Johansone shared her impressions.
\nThis art thematically continues studies begun by artist Voldem\u0101rs Johansons in his previous works about contact between the physical world and people\u2019s experience. A previous work in this series, Thirst<\/em>, gained wide recognition from the public and art critics and was also nominated for the Purv\u012btis Prize.
\nThe work\u2019s creation was supported by the Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme for Culture, the State Culture Capital Foundation, airBaltic<\/em> and Gandrs<\/em>. The film was produced at the VFS Films Studio.<\/p>\n

Project concept authors: Voldem\u0101rs Johansons
\nProject implementation: Vizion\u0101r\u0101s kult\u016bras fonds Foundation<\/em>
\n<\/p>","contentt":"Sound and cinema sculpture\nTallinas Street 10, Tallina\u2019s Quartier, courtyard\nAbsence, a sound and cinema sculpture is being demonstrated at the STARO R\u012aGA festival by artist Voldem\u0101rs Johansons. It is a special, ice screen installation, combined with a composition specially created for this work, as a dedication to the fragile Arctic environment. The work was created over two years during two expeditions to the extreme environment and glacier world of the Arctic.\nThe cinematographic work documents the current Arctic landscape: the glacier surfaces and their disintegration, mountain ranges, the upper layer of the rugged land, the melting of the ice and the streams of water. It will allow visitors to the STARO R\u012aGA Festival to perceive the relationship between mankind and the untouched environment: to sense the majesty of the Arctic wind and landscape, stimulating reflections about civilization and survival in such extreme conditions.\nThe Svalbard Archipelago, which is the most distant northerly inhabited place in the world was chosen as the spot for the filming and sound recording of this work. Svalbard, translated directly means cold edge, which corresponds with how the place is described, as the inhospitable archipelago is covered by ice and snow. “The work was created over two years, through collaboration with Norwegian polar scientists, ice artist Peder Istad and Latvian video operators. In the first expedition together with operator M\u0101ris Maskal\u0101ns, we headed far away from civilization to document the Arctic environment. The visual material we obtained and the Arctic sound we collected created the foundation for the work. During the second expedition, we created a northern inspired sound, using both acoustic instruments, as well as electronics in collaboration with Norwegian saxophonist Rolf-Erik Nystr\u00f8m, ” said Johansons.\nThe expedition was documented by J\u0101nis Ke\u0161\u0101ns and Eva Johansone so that the creation process of the work could be graphically illustrated to viewers and to answer the question of \u201cHow is a work of art created?\u201d The seven-minute video reveals two years of work, capturing the two expeditions and the collaboration with Norwegian saxophonist Rolf-Erik Nystr\u00f8m. \u201cThe final result was a pleasant surprise, as the huge ice masses on which the Arctic scenes pulsated, accompanied by music, seemed to come to life, each telling their own glacier story\u201d, as Eva Johansone shared her impressions.\nThis art thematically continues studies begun by artist Voldem\u0101rs Johansons in his previous works about contact between the physical world and people\u2019s experience. A previous work in this series, Thirst, gained wide recognition from the public and art critics and was also nominated for the Purv\u012btis Prize.\nThe work\u2019s creation was supported by the Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme for Culture, the State Culture Capital Foundation, airBaltic and Gandrs. The film was produced at the VFS Films Studio.\nProject concept authors: Voldem\u0101rs Johansons\nProject implementation: Vizion\u0101r\u0101s kult\u016bras fonds Foundation\n","content":"

Sound and cinema sculpture<\/em>
\nTallinas Street 10, Tallina\u2019s Quartier, courtyard<\/strong><\/p>\n

Absence<\/em>, a sound and cinema sculpture is being demonstrated at the STARO R\u012aGA festival by artist Voldem\u0101rs Johansons. It is a special, ice screen installation, combined with a composition specially created for this work, as a dedication to the fragile Arctic environment. The work was created over two years during two expeditions to the extreme environment and glacier world of the Arctic.
\nThe cinematographic work documents the current Arctic landscape: the glacier surfaces and their disintegration, mountain ranges, the upper layer of the rugged land, the melting of the ice and the streams of water. It will allow visitors to the STARO R\u012aGA Festival to perceive the relationship between mankind and the untouched environment: to sense the majesty of the Arctic wind and landscape, stimulating reflections about civilization and survival in such extreme conditions.
\nThe Svalbard Archipelago, which is the most distant northerly inhabited place in the world was chosen as the spot for the filming and sound recording of this work. Svalbard, translated directly means cold edge<\/em>, which corresponds with how the place is described, as the inhospitable archipelago is covered by ice and snow. “The work was created over two years, through collaboration with Norwegian polar scientists, ice artist Peder Istad and Latvian video operators. In the first expedition together with operator M\u0101ris Maskal\u0101ns, we headed far away from civilization to document the Arctic environment. The visual material we obtained and the Arctic sound we collected created the foundation for the work. During the second expedition, we created a northern inspired sound, using both acoustic instruments, as well as electronics in collaboration with Norwegian saxophonist Rolf-Erik Nystr\u00f8m, ” said Johansons.
\nThe expedition was documented by J\u0101nis Ke\u0161\u0101ns and Eva Johansone so that the creation process of the work could be graphically illustrated to viewers and to answer the question of \u201cHow is a work of art created?\u201d The seven-minute video reveals two years of work, capturing the two expeditions and the collaboration with Norwegian saxophonist Rolf-Erik Nystr\u00f8m. \u201cThe final result was a pleasant surprise, as the huge ice masses on which the Arctic scenes pulsated, accompanied by music, seemed to come to life, each telling their own glacier story\u201d, as Eva Johansone shared her impressions.
\nThis art thematically continues studies begun by artist Voldem\u0101rs Johansons in his previous works about contact between the physical world and people\u2019s experience. A previous work in this series, Thirst<\/em>, gained wide recognition from the public and art critics and was also nominated for the Purv\u012btis Prize.
\nThe work\u2019s creation was supported by the Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme for Culture, the State Culture Capital Foundation, airBaltic<\/em> and Gandrs<\/em>. The film was produced at the VFS Films Studio.<\/p>\n

Project concept authors: Voldem\u0101rs Johansons
\nProject implementation: Vizion\u0101r\u0101s kult\u016bras fonds Foundation<\/em>
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Sound and cinema sculpture Tallinas Street 10, Tallina\u2019s Quartier, courtyard Absence, a sound and cinema sculpture is being demonstrated at the STARO R\u012aGA festival by artist Voldem\u0101rs Johansons. It is a special, ice screen installation, combined with a composition specially created for this work, as a dedication to the fragile Arctic environment. The work was […]<\/p>\n","link":"https:\/\/staroriga.lv\/en\/objekti-2018\/prombutne\/"}