Friday, December 4, 2009

Terra Nova Sinfonia Antarctica: DJ Spooky

(SubliminalSpooky) This is a trailer for DJ Spooky (Paul D. Miller)'s new large scale multimedia performance work (now being performed): It is an acoustic portrait of the rapidly changing Antarctic continent. "Terra Nova: Sinfonia Antarctica" transforms Miller's first person encounter with the harsh, dynamic landscape into multimedia portraits with music composed from the different geographies that make up that land mass.

Miller's field recordings from a portable studio -- set up to capture the acoustic qualities of Antarctic ice forms -- reflect a changing and even vanishing environment under duress. Coupled with visual material from Getty Images' vast collection, Terra Nova: Sinfonia Antarctica is a 70 minute performance, creating a unique and powerful moment around the human relationship with nature.