Friday 16th August 2024
Location: 12pm – 6pm
In 2023 Crash Ensemble commissioned Filmmaker in Residence Laura Sheeran to create a film for Sam Perkin’s Children in the Universe (2020-2022), a piece commissioned by Crash and created during Sam’s time as Composer in Residence with the ensemble.
“My first approach towards the film was to try and mirror in a way the structure and essence of the piece as Sam had composed it. I knew I wanted the film to be playful and vast while also remaining somewhat contained. Structurally, the composition contains a ‘halo track’, a synthesised sound bed which underlies everything played live by the ensemble. This layering was something I definitely wanted to incorporate in the visual side of things, and to create ambiguity with regard to what is visible and invisible at any one time as is the case when experiencing the piece being performed. I was grateful to film in the National Concert Hall, the home of the piece’s premiere at the New Music Dublin festival in 2022, for which I had designed a live visual accompaniment. I wanted to incorporate some aspects of these visuals into the film too. The white room in the concert hall created the perfect container for playful experimentations with green screen elements. I worked with artist Kate Finegan to capture movement in the body, and finally, in post production, I embarked on lots and lots (and lots) of layering. I approached the editing process completely intuitively and followed the music where it was leading me, this is a common part of my process and for me works best when working with visuals and music together.”
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