s ́ Sophal*
and the leap into cold water
“like entering a world that creates itself in the moment”
May 16, 2021. The end of the second lockdown. The Ice Saints sweep across the old slaughterhouse in Wels, while inside there is a strange sense of movement — almost as if, unexpectedly, something extraordinary might emerge from the dreariness of those days.
*The last and only female Ice Saint
Okabre & Redestruct
An audiovisual collaboration;
Communication through improvisation
We had no opportunity to rehearse. Two artists and six musicians stepped into the unknown, supported by a team of eighteen people. Most of us had only met two hours earlier. Everyone was a professional in their field; otherwise the project might easily have failed.
It felt like a leap into cold water — like entering a world that emerged in the moment and created itself over the course of an hour. None of us knew what the whole would become, and yet it worked. For those involved, it was an intense and almost magical experience. The resulting video can only convey a trace of what happened on site.
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Coexistence & Transformation
The painter works analog, using self-built tools on a 2 × 4 metre canvas. The digital artist interprets and deconstructs this monochrome field of associations, extending it through an animated layer of light. In coexistence with the music — itself a decisive influence on the creation of the work — the moving images are transformed through shared interaction, analog and digital, into a new layer of meaning.
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Poetry & Expression
The multimedia artistic process is deeply connected to music, which plays a decisive role in the development of the work. This connection gives rise to poetic, sensitive and expressive forms.
Something remarkable can emerge from utopian ideas when they are actually realised.
s ́ Sophal, Okabre & Redestrukt
