AMR + Tasos Asonitis: Night of the Faun
A performance about lethargy, awakening, and the inevitable clash with the senses, by sound artist AMR and audiovisual artist Tasos Asonitis.
Darkness is not set aside; it is examined with greater intensity and significance than joy. It is there that the Faun and the Nymph appear and merge, in reference to Stéphane Mallarmé’s poem “The Afternoon of a Faun” (L’Après-midi d’un faune, 1876). They become a single entity: the subject who emerges from hibernation into the ecstasy of love and creation, yet carries within an instinctive defense to ensure it never returns to stillness.*
An audiovisual experience that captures the transformations of human nature.
◍ Sound artist Anna Maria Ramou (AMR) develops her work through a blend of improvisation and experimentation. She creates soundscapes rooted in noise and industrial music, and favors high BPMs.
◍ Audiovisual artist and musician Tasos Asonitis focuses on non-representational, immersive audiovisual environments characterized by the creative combination of synthetic sound, computer graphics, and human interaction. He holds a Ph.D. in Electroacoustic Composition from the University of Manchester.