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Carousel Madonnas

Carousel Madonnas

The current piece Madonnas also contains an idiosyncratic mix of samples drawn from a transformation of text files into sounds. One of them is Carousel with Madonnas, a well-known poem by the famous Polish post-war poet and writer Miron Białoszewski. Inspired by the folk culture in the surroundings of Warsaw, it describes an old dingy carousel at a small town fair and young ladies riding it. The author compares them to Madonnas with child, and soon the scene reminds him of pictures by Rafael and Leonardo da Vinci. The famous music to this poem was created by Zygmunt Konieczny – in his work the music corresponds to the verses of the poem, which symbolize the rhythm of the carousel. For me the poem is just an inspiration – because of its subject as well as the fact that it has been used in popular culture so many times. But for the audience it might just be another random sample and not influence the interpretation of the whole piece. I leave that open.

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Zenial | Carousel Madonnas © ORF musikprotokoll, 2014

Zenial

Zenial

Łukasz Szałankiewicz (alias ZENIAL) is historian, sound artist, electronic music performer, member of the Polish Society for Electroacoustic Music (PSeME) and currently lives and works in Poznan. He is co-organiser of several festivals and a co-founder of the Audiotong label/platform. In his work he focuses on musical exploration, audiovisual performances and interactive installations. Numerous releases as Zenial (and formerly as Palsecam), formed the duo AABZU with Maciej Szymczuk and the project Dizzy Kinetics with Marek Chołoniewski. He has performed at many festivals in Poland (including Audio Art Festival, Unsound, Wro Festival, Ad Libitum) and around the world and has presented his work in major Polish galleries and art centres, including Kordegarda Gallery, Contemporary Art Centre Zamek Ujazdowski in Warsaw, Arsenał Gallery in Bialystok, BWA Wrocław and CoCa Toruń.

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