MUFFLING FOG - AFTER MARTIN HEIDEGGER
2014

The Multimedia Concert for piano, sound, and video.
Acoustic grand piano, stereo sound, and single-channel video.
Duration: 45' 00

Composer, director, video, sound: Gio Janiashvili.

The multimedia concert was composed in New York City in 2014. It draws inspiration from the philosophy of boredom by Martin Heidegger. The piece gives equal importance to piano, sound, and video in its performance structure, exploring the emotional states of boredom and the passage of time.

Trailer:

Performances:

Either/Or Ensemble's 10th Annual Spring Festival of Contemporary Music, Speyer Hall of University Settlement. Piano: Taka Kigawa. New York, US, 2015.

Festival Tbilisi 2014: Contemporary Music Evenings, Tbilisi State Conservatoire. Piano: Jemal Tavadze. Tbilisi, Georgia, 2014.

Broadcasts:

Unknown Music: 1TV, Georgian Public Broadcaster. Tbilisi, Georgia, 2017.

Audio excerpts:

Piano: Jemal Tavadze. Festival Tbilisi 2014: Contemporary Music Evenings, Tbilisi State Conservatoire, Tbilisi, Georgia, 2014.

Images:

Taka Kigawa performing Muffling Fog - After Martin Heidegger at Either/Or Ensemble's 10th Annual Spring Festival of Contemporary Music at Speyer Hall of University Settlement on Wednesday night, June 10, 2015. Documentary photos by Hiroyuki Ito / Getty Images.