but one bird sang not

This film, part of the Scratch project, is a visual interpretation of a Malcolm Goldstein piece for solo violin based on a Bosnian popular song from Bosnia-Herzegovina. The composer describes it as a gesture of hope for peace in that land ravaged by war during the 1990’s.
Serie
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Technique:
but one bird sang not was scratched directly on 35mm film stock, and completed on HD digital video.
Texts:
Hébert, Pierre. Animation métabolique. Notes sur «mais un oiseau ne chantait pas», 21 février 2019.
Abstraction, music, war