La salle des fêtes // Ela Orleans
La salle des fêtes transports us to the ethereal realms of the Musée d’Orsay’s salle des fêtes. This piece weaves together classical orchestration, AI elements, and the surreal lyricism of Giorgio de Chirico’s novel Hebdomeros. Through a fusion of sound and imagery, viewers embark on a transcendent exploration of travel, movement, and the enduring power of preservation. Crafted during a time of personal introspection, La salle des fêtes represents the artist’s journey through grief and longing. Orleans employs a quasi-archival approach, merging sketches, photographs, and film to create a kaleidoscopic tapestry that invites viewers to lose themselves in its depths.
A Cryptic Commission
Music by Ela Orleans
Archival materials from Rick Prelinger Archives
Text, drawings and paintings from by Giorgio de Chirico
Translated by John Ashbery
Them! There! Eyes? // Sonia Killmann
Sonia Killmann’s highly stylised audiovisual work Them! There! Eyes? addresses the concept of eye contact as a powerful element in creating emotional bonds. Consisting of broken up and heavily processed samples of Ella Fitzgerald’s recording of Them There Eyes, merged with synthesizer sounds and field recordings, the singer’s voice becomes unrecognisable as it accompanies extracts of Fritz Lang’s pioneering sci-fi epic, Metropolis.
Rachamaid // Hammy Sgìth
Rachamaid is a Detroit House-inspired take on Scottish traditional music, Raverig, mas do thoile. With chilled beats, spectacular scenery, some familiar sights and Highland humour, it offers you a chance to relax and reflect on what it means to come ‘from Scotland’. It is sure to bring a smile to your face.
Shot by Paul Barnes
Mixed and mastered by Konchis
Everything else by Hammy Sgìth
