Secrets of a Soul
[silent film, G.W. Pabst (1926)]
live-music: Druckkammer [2009] by IzP
duration: 80'
(first performed: june 3rd 2009, Essen / Germany)
FILM:
Martin Fellmann, plagued by anxieties, visits a psychotherapist. Bit
by bit, as his subconscious is unfolded, his torments take on
organized forms. Although it is clear that a Freudian psychoanalysis
in the form of a film presumably can not be a medically adequate form
of presentation, that’s not the concern here: the idea of
psychoanalysis is just the inspiration for marvelous images. The film
penetrates into Fellman’s mind, with fantastical images projecting
their innermost anxieties onto the screen.
MUSIC:
The musical “pressure chamber” follows the same thoughts, namely
crawling into the mind, removing layer from layer, until finally the
most delicate layer of the unconscious — that tiny space that lies at
its very depths — is reached. The physical pressure in the body and
the acoustical nearness to the operational noise of the body give
birth to muffled, muted tone colors. These take the listener on a trip
through Fellmann’s dream images that might resemble a look into one’s
own ruin. This is artistically somewhat reminiscent of David Lynch and
also of David Cronenberg, and even (from the standpoint of
compositional technique) a bit reminiscent of Morton Feldman.
Music for amplified accordion, electric bass, live electronics,
keyboards, and prerecorded sound.
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DRUCKKAMMER means PREASURE CHAMBER
[translated by Eric Flesher / USA]
