Nosferatu – a Symphony of Horror
[silent film, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, Germany 1922]
live music: Histoplasmose [2004/05/10/11] by IzP
duration: 90'
(first performed: feb 2nd 2005, Essen / Germany)
FILM: Murnau’s interpretation of Dracula portrays paths
into the realm of the phantoms: bridges and gateways are crossed, and
in so doing one traverses boundaries beyond which vampire powers can
be accessed. Over the course of time, this realm keeps unfurling until
it occupies the entire cinematic space. Perhaps the vampire can be
expelled, but the power that propels him cannot, for it is the power
of the cinema itself.
[text: Peter Ellenbruch / Scopium]
MUSIC:
Histoplasmosis — a fungus that flourishes in bat droppings — was the
cause of death of the archaeologist who opened the tomb of Tutankhamun
in 1922. As a central motive of vampire mythology, the bat carries the
spores of hiptoplasomosis into the film music, so that they infest the
public from within.Sonic journey for amplified accordion, struck
electric bass, live electronics, small gong, (screaming) voices,
male/female choir, prerecorded sound, amplified roof slats, singing
wine glasses, toy glockenspiel, and loop sampler.
"[…] Magic was emphasized through bleeping space music. War planes and
warfare sound referred to plague alarm - the very link to recent
objects revived and condensed this film experience, stressed
surprising details and revealed fine nuances. The traditional
whimpering of the violins […] and the horror plunking, however,
blocked, concealed and blunted the old image, at least as it appears
today. A new sound track always involves a rebirth of the actual
film."
Auli Särkiö relating to our Finland 2011 tour with
NOSFERATU/HISTOPLASMOSE
[translated by Gordon Stephan]
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