MUFFLING FOG - AFTER MARTIN HEIDEGGER (2014, New York)
The Multimedia Concert for piano, sound and video art.

Composer, director, video, sound: Gio Janiashvili
Acoustic grand piano, stereo sound and single-channel video projection.
Duration: 45 minutes.

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

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

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


Trailer:

Full performance (please adjust the video quality to 720p from the settings, sit back and watch it like a film in a dark room):

Audio excerpts - Festival Tbilisi 2014: Contemporary Music Evenings, Tbilisi State Conservatoire Chamber Hall. Piano - Jemal Tavadze:

Extended piano excerpts to demonstrate specifically the piano writing. Piano - Jemal Tavadze:

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Photos from the US premiere at the Either/OR 10th Annual Spring Festival of Contemporary Music 2015 - University Settlement, New York City. Piano: Taka Kigawa:

Photos from the World premiere at the Festival Tbilisi 2014: Cotemporary Music Evenings - Tbilisi State Conservatoire Recital Hall, Tbilisi, Georgia. Piano: Jemal Tavadze:

Either/OR Ensemble's 10th Annual Spring Festival of Contemporary Music festival program, 2015:

The New York times press release, 2015:

From miscellany by Alex Ross - The Rest is Noise, 2015:

The Brooklyn Rail press release, 2015:

1TV, Georgian Public Broadcaster (06 July 2017) - TV program Unknown Music: An interview with Gio Janiashvili about his compositional practice and the television premiere of the multimedia concert MUFFLING FOG - AFTER MARTIN HEIDEGGER (2014). Host: Kakha Tolordava.