[Stardust for R.H.] by Richard Scott & Sanja Star
An acousmatic composition created by Richard Scott using the Hordijk Modular synthesiser as the main sound source, originally released on Hordijk Vol2 of Flag Day Records.
The visual imagery in this version is created by Sanja Star using the sound composition as modulation sources for the tactile and dynamic manipulation of intuitive visual images and processes into sonic illustration, conversation and abstract and sometimes visceral narratives. We present this work as a fixed media piece but a live performance version, involving extensive improvisation of both audio and visual elements, is also possible.
2023
Art film “Stardust for R.H.” by Richard Scott and Sanja Star was
screened at
MANTIS (Manchester Theatre in Sound) Festival of Electroacoustic Music in Manchester
Manifest:io Symposium for New Media + Electronic Art in Berlin (DE)
[Fragments of an everyday cosmos] by Richard Scott & Sanja Star
⑇ premiered on October 23 2023 at the Petersburg art space in Berlin, and screened at the event Atopia collective presents Alternating event vol. 2 in K77 Foyer in Berlin (DE)
From Delirious Cartographies - arbitrary13 (LP / CD) - Richard Scott @funkychorlton
Scott / Star
Richard Scott [ music ], Sanja Star [ visual art ]
Visual Music and Sonic Shadows: Improvised Audiovisual Dialogues in Film and Live Performance
Exploring the boundaries between improvisation, visual music, and cinematic storytelling, my collaboration with Richard Scott (modular synthesizer) culminates in a hybrid project that bridges live performance and art film. Through a synergy of live improvisation and post-performance reimagination, the project reflects on the transformative potential of audiovisual media to document and reinterpret the ephemeral.
The art film, created in response to Scott’s modular synthesizer compositions, combines my digital animations and audio-reactive visual improvisation with recordings of Berlin’s nightlife. An intriguing layer emerges through the incidental projection of an existing movie onto the walls of the urban environment, creating a rich interplay between reality, media, and abstraction. Each visual component was developed in real time during the music’s creation, requiring multiple takes to achieve an intuitive, improvisational flow between sound and image.
The live performance at Hošek Contemporary, Berlin, introduced an improvisational element unique to the medium of performance: Scott’s body became a shadow projection, transforming the screen into an active participant and creating a dialogue between the live event and its mediated cinematic counterpart.
