Anahita Razmi
AAAAAAAAAAH, 2015
Video
09 minutes 00 seconds
Edition of 3 + 1 AP
https://vimeo.com/121304004 password: argh The video AAAAAAAAAAAH is sampling a selection of cut-up audio tracks appropriated from pop songs and Islamic azans, that both use the line “AAAAAAAAAAAH” as part of...
https://vimeo.com/121304004
password: argh
The video AAAAAAAAAAAH is sampling a selection of cut-up audio tracks appropriated from pop songs and Islamic azans, that both use the line “AAAAAAAAAAAH” as part of their melodic structure. Within the azan (call to prayer), “AAAAAAAAAAAH” is leading to the word “Allah”, the lengthening of the words and sounds by the singer/ muezzin is a variable characteristic. In pop music “AAAAAAAAAAAH” links to various random refrains, intermediate melodies and musical bridges.
The video is merging different audio AAAH-extracts - now abstract artifacts - while a hardly determinable figure wearing a black sequin dress is performing body movements to the melodies. The black sparkling are sometimes emerging from, sometimes blending into a black background; differences and similarities are alternating on both sound and visual levels.
password: argh
The video AAAAAAAAAAAH is sampling a selection of cut-up audio tracks appropriated from pop songs and Islamic azans, that both use the line “AAAAAAAAAAAH” as part of their melodic structure. Within the azan (call to prayer), “AAAAAAAAAAAH” is leading to the word “Allah”, the lengthening of the words and sounds by the singer/ muezzin is a variable characteristic. In pop music “AAAAAAAAAAAH” links to various random refrains, intermediate melodies and musical bridges.
The video is merging different audio AAAH-extracts - now abstract artifacts - while a hardly determinable figure wearing a black sequin dress is performing body movements to the melodies. The black sparkling are sometimes emerging from, sometimes blending into a black background; differences and similarities are alternating on both sound and visual levels.
