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What happens when your home, your body, your mind cease to be a safe harbour? What is the nature of fear? During this monographic concert its various faces will be explored by composer Nina Fukuoka.
On the second day of the AżTak Festival, Hashtag Lab will be transformed into a theatre-house, in whose various rooms three scenes will unfold: independent yet complementary stagings made up of musicians, props, live video and live electronics.
Nina Fukuoka will describe how the familiar becomes a distorted mirror image (“Final Girl”), show what schizophrenic fear of being unable to distinguish reality from delusion sounds like (“Yuggoth”), and let us discover how close love and hatred of oneself lie to one another (“On the Other Side”).
Obsessions, mental illness, hallucinations and the warping of the real world will manifest themselves in the relationships of the musicians with their instruments, which will become symbols or tools of particular processes.
That evening we will take a close look at the musical nature of fear. The composer, drawing inspiration from horror film soundtracks, video game music and opera thrillers, will search for an idiom of fear using a modern sonic language.
The multimedia character of this installation concert was made possible by Nina Fukuoka’s many years of collaboration with visual artist Izumi Yoshida.
After the concert we invite you to a film screening.
Programme
Nina Fukuoka Horror Project in 3 scenes:
Final Girl scene for harpist, video and props
On the Other Side scene for violinist
Yuggoth scene for trio
Performers
Hashtag Ensemble:Kamila Wąsik-Janiak violinAdam Eljasiński clarinetDominik Płociński celloMagdalena Kordylasińska-Pękala percussion
Guests:Urszula Nowakowska harpNina Fukuoka, Wojciech Błażejczyk live electronicsIzumi Yoshida live video
A conversation with the composer as an introduction to the concert will be hosted by Jan Topolski.
The AżTak Festival is organised by Fundacja Sfera Harmonii, which runs the Community Cultural Institution Contemporary Music Space Hashtag Lab and the ensemble Hashtag Ensemble.
The Contemporary Music Space Hashtag Lab is co-financed by the Capital City of Warsaw.
Partners
Stowarzyszenie Autorów ZAIKS Glissando Meakultura