The Horse from All naked by Manja Ristić
sound composed for the exhibition THE CHAIN by Simonida Rajcević, as a part of the Resonate Festival 2014.
(( EXCERPT FROM THE CURATORIAL TEXT BY Srdjan Tunić, JOURNY IN TO THE UNKNOWN, see full text at http://simonidasimonida.com/ ))
The exhibition consists of three sculptural installations that form a multimedia ambient ensemble. Three different animals - a bull, ravens and a horse - are executed in life-size by 3-D printing technique and coated in shiny black. The sculptures imitate the animal figures, albeit deviating from naturalism through stylisation and a blurring of detail, which add to the impression that they are models. Each of the animals could be associated with a story, viewed as an element unto itself or in correlation with the others...
...The last artefact is a recumbent horse on the floor of a separate room. The horse lies in a pose that is ambiguous: it could be sleeping, as horses can sleep both standing and lying down, or it could be dead. In the words of the artist herself, this work was inspired by Lars von Triers' film Melancholy, specifically the scene when John dies, as well as by numerous paintings of horses by Theodore Gericault. The whole space is enveloped in experimental ambient music written by Manja Ristić.
Tracklist
| 7. | The Horse | 6:03 |
Credits
Manja Ristić, samples, field recording
Composition "GO" by Rastko Lazić
The Great Spirit of Vrnik, field recording
PJ Harvey's England Shake excerpt
The cover is an installation by Simonida Rajčević
License
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Born in Belgrade 1979. Violinist, sound artist, curator and researcher mostly active in the field of electro-acoustics, instrumental improvisation & experimental sound related arts. Graduated at the Belgrade Music Academy, then gained PGDip at the Royal College of Music, London.