MUFFLING FOG - AFTER MARTIN HEIDEGGER | 2014, New York

The multimedia concert for piano, sound and video art.
For acoustic grand piano, stereo sound and single-channel video projection.
Duration: 45 minutes.

Composer, director, video, sound: Gio Janiashvili.

The work was inspired by Martin Heidegger's philosophy of boredom. The three mediums - live piano, sound and video, play equal dramturgical parts in the performance structure, which examines emotional states of boredom and particularities of the flow of time in relationship to it.

Past performances:
Festival Tbilisi 2014: Contemporary Music Evenings, Tbilisi State Conservatoire Chamber Hall, Tblisi, 2014. Piano: Jemal Tavadze.
Either/OR Ensemble's 10th Annual Spring Festival of Contemporary Music 2015, Speyer Hall, University Settlement, New York, 2015. Piano: Taka Kigawa.
1TV, Georgian Public Broadcaster, program Unknown Music, Tbilisi, Georgia, 2017.

The work was awarded Tsinandali Award, Tbilisi, Georgia, 2015.

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Extended excerpts demonstrating the piano writing - Festival Tbilisi 2014: Contemporary Music Evenings, Tbilisi State Conservatoire. Piano - Jemal Tavadze:

Short excerpts of both piano and sound tape parts - Festival Tbilisi 2014: Contemporary Music Evenings, Tbilisi State Conservatoire. Piano - Jemal Tavadze: