四頻道錄像裝置我選擇了一段古典音樂的排演片段，來作為創作的內容，這段音樂的排練片段是來自於一位以色列的音樂家Philharmonic Orchestra。我利用了攝影機記錄了這段排演後，在經過個人的數位編輯，去解構了這段內容，以自己的形式在重新建構這段影像，來呈現一件「新的視覺化的音樂作品」。這件作品的靈感是來至於創作者聆聽一段古典樂的經驗，及對於樂器所譜出來的樂曲的感動。因此，創作者透過了「音樂」與「錄像」這兩個媒介，來處理聲音與影像之間的相互作用與發展，試圖取以四個螢幕再造出一個音樂的四重奏。
我希望透過這一段古典樂製造出來的迴音，去給予觀者一種「疏離感」與「失落感」。因為當人們暴露在這個影像裝置面前，以四個螢幕和聲音系統來傳達一個狀似音樂排演的影像，而音樂的排演本身就是一件容許失敗、一次又一次的練習、力求完美才能達到心中追求的目的，弔詭的是創作者利用這樣既定的感官經驗，以個人的重新詮釋這件作品，去探討人們在面臨這件作品所受到的心理層面影響。
作品的內容架構是在呈現一位音樂家在演奏樂器時的一種停滯、延遲的狀態，鏡頭定在一個「動作」的表演中，這是一個「循環音像錄影」的內容，去製造出一個看似協調的氛圍給予觀者。此外，這個影像當中還有一個特色，因為是音樂的排演，同時在這影片裡會收錄到人們在說話的聲音，或者是搬椅子發出來的尖銳聲音等，相較於古典樂的表演當中，這些吵雜的聲音，是我期待要出現在這段影像當中的。
Schneckentempo - A Video Concert4 channels video Installation By Nevet YitzhakIn the present project (Schneckentempo - A Video Concert) I am using classical materials, a filmed documentation of the rehearsals of the Israel’s Philharmonic Orchestra. I am deconstructing and reconstructing them in my own way (mainly by editing short pieces into loops and contructing them in layers). The digital editing and processing transforms the rehearsals into a new visual-musical work that is presented to the viewer via 4 television screens, located as an alternative to a human orchestra. The new piece is inspired by the traditional classical concert experience and is constructed from acoustic instruments. The two mediums, music and video, support each other so that a new and a special relationship develops between the sounds and the visual images. The orchestration exists also between the monitors that function as musicians in a quartet.
The viewers don’t experience the acoustic sound as produced by man, but are exposed to digitalized and manipulated materials which are presented through monitors and sound systems. In the classical concert the musician produces acoustic sounds through instruments which are manufactured according to a long lasting tradition. In contrast, in the video concert the images are only representations that lose their concrete quality, and the sounds which are processed by a computer lose their authenticity. Nevertheless, the new sounds and compositions are real and perceptible and are mentally effective just like any sound manufactured by a conventional orchestra. This way, the composition echoes classical traditions with a feeling of alienation and the feeling of loss as well.
The camera that documents the live musicians playing during the concert rehearsals is static, so that the frame is set and only the musical instruments and musicians are moving. The camera sets the bounds of the compositions and the musicians set the movement in space. As a result the viewer’s experience is one of harmony between the movement in the frame and the sounds played at the same moment. However, the sound that is recorded by the camera is the sound constructed by the sum of the sounds from all the playing instruments at the same moments and background sounds as well. The visual correlation between the images and the sounds is a result of the use of looping.
In addition, in the rehearsal there’s a mood of practice, forgivingness toward mistakes and lack of control. As a result of this atmosphere, sounds that were not produced by the instruments are added to the recording (for example, a screech of a chair, talking, the instructions of the conductor etc..). In contrast to classical performence all of those noises and exessive sounds are desired components in the video concert.
Nevet YitzhakBorn in Israel, 1975
Lives and works in Tel Aviv
Education
2007 - - hebrew culture - Alma College
2005 - 2007 - advance studies program in fine art - Bezalel Academy of Arts & Design
2000 - 2003 - new media - Musrara School of Photography,New Media & New Music
1996 - 1997 - photography - Hadasa College
scholarships & Awards
2005 America Israel Cultural Foundation – Scholarship
2006 Bezalel - Scholarship for Excellence in Studies
2007 Bezalel - Scholarship for Excellence in Studies
Exhibitions, festivals & workshops
2006 “Czechpoint” – International Exhibition & Festival of Political Art, Prague
2006 “Musraramix 06” - International Featival for Art & Culture, Jerusalem
2006 “Vacation” - Group Exhibition, Tarbut High School Gallery, Rishon Letzion
2006 “Laptopia” - International Experimental Art Festival, Tel Aviv
2006 “Hagolem” – Art Event, The Lab Theatre, Jerusalem
2006 “Vdance” – International Video Dance Festival, Tel Aviv
2006 “Goods to Declare”, MFA International, Terminal1, Tel Aviv
2007 “Salame 007”, Graduate MFA Show, Bezalel Gallery, Tel Aviv
2007 The 24th International Film Festival, Jerusalem, Experimental Films Competition
2007 “Ketzev” - Group Exhibition, Art Residence, Hulon
2007 “Open-Space” – International Workshop, Kassel, Germany
2007 ctrl_alt_del sound-art festival, organized by
NOMAD, concurrent with the 10th Internationa Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey
2008 “If” Istanbul AFM International Independent Films Festival, programme of animations and short film out of NOMAD archive, Istanbul, Turkey
2008 “hochmat rechov” - Group Exhibition, Mishkenot Shaananim gallery, Jerusalem
