Naufrage (2015)
fixed electronics and video
c. 6 minutes 30 seconds
digital imagery by Thom Haxo
Premiered in Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall, Indianapolis, IN, 28 March 2015
c. 6 minutes 30 seconds
digital imagery by Thom Haxo
Premiered in Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall, Indianapolis, IN, 28 March 2015
I grew up surrounded by my father’s artwork, but Naufrage marks our first true collaboration. The work initially began as two independent projects—one visual, one aural. When my professor suggested that I add a visual component to my composition, I knew I wanted to use one of my father’s animations. When I put the music and video together, certain sections already lined up by chance. From there, it was only a number of Skype dates and iMessages before we created the video as it is today. While we originally referred to the animation as a cathedral, there are hundreds of ways to interpret the images that are presented. Faces appear amongst the detailed textures, and what at first seemed like a row of columns might turn into a ribcage. Indeed, the lines between anatomy and architecture are blurred in my father’s artwork. The final title, Naufrage, means “shipwreck” in French, and refers both to the architectural aspect of the animation and to the sense of sinking evoked by the music at the end of the work