[Stardust for R.H.] by Richard Scott & Sanja Star
“Stardust for R.H.” is an immersive audiovisual work by Richard Scott and Sanja Star, created as part of their collaborative project Visual Music and Sonic Shadows: Improvised Audiovisual Dialogues in Film, Animation, and Live Performance.
The piece features an acousmatic composition by Richard Scott, using the Hordijk Modular synthesiser as the main sound source. Originally released on Hordijk Vol. 2 (Flag Day Records), the music provides a deeply textural, exploratory soundscape.
Sanja Star creates the abstract 2D and 3D animation independently as a first step, then intuitively synchronizes it to the music using a multi-application process methodology. This approach emphasizes tactile, hands-on control and emotional resonance. The result is a unique visual narrative—sometimes abstract, sometimes visceral—that interacts with the music in a fluid and conversational way.
Formats Available:
360° Dome Projection (fixed media version)
Standard 2D Projection (fixed media version)
Live Performance version featuring improvised visual and audio elements
In live settings—such as a performance at Hošek Contemporary in Berlin—Scott’s physical presence becomes part of the projection environment, using live shadow techniques to blur the lines between performer, image, and screen.
Stardust for R.H. explores the space between intuitive animation, electroacoustic composition, and live improvisation. The project reflects on the ephemeral and transformative potential of audiovisual media to create immersive, sensory experiences beyond traditional narrative structures.
Screening History
• MANTIS Festival of Electroacoustic Music, Manchester, 2024
• Manifest:io Symposium for New Media + Electronic Art, Berlin, 2024
Credits
Music: Richard Scott – www.richard-scott.net
Animation: Sanja Star – www.sanjastar.com
Year: 2023
Duration: 07:35
Format: Fixed media for 360° dome and 2D projection
Live performance version available on request
[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.
