Martin Gerigk
- Medium Type
- A/V work
- Year
- 2017
- Production country
- Germany
- Exact running time
- 00:05:58
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9
- Director of Photography, Music, Concept and Editing
- Martin Gerigk
- Audio Recording
- Klaus Korte
- Cello I-XII
- Katrin Geelvink
“Rain“ is an audiovisual synesthetic study that attempts to present various aspects of human perception in a concrete and an abstract sense. The concept for the representation of these facets is a rhythmicised auditive as well as visual web of sounds from 12 cellos, natural sounds and video sequences that express the miracle of sensorial experience and make the poetry of perception visible.
The basic concept for “Rain” was developed very early. In my sensory world, sounds are firmly linked to certain colors and forms, a phenomenon called synaesthesia. I have experienced my environment that way since my birth. Over the years, therefore, the idea arose to visualize this variation of perception and make it tangible for everyone to experience.
Even as an adult, I still find myself astonished at the secrets of nature. In this context, “Rain” was created to present various aspects of human perception in a concrete and an abstract sense. A synesthetic journey through inner and outer worlds of experience.
Thus, I have endeavored to complement all the sounds and the music to be heard by commensurate film sequences which correspond to my own visual synesthetic perception. Each cinematic composition simulates the basic geometry and the color and form of what is heard but also completes the subject of what is described. A visual exposition.
Overall, I hope to touch one’s inner self with “Rain”; to create intricate emotions. I want the viewer to reflect on his or her personal, but also our general existence; and, last but not least, to direct the viewer´s eye and ear to the miracle of sensorial experience and poetry of perception.
Biography
Martin Gerigk (*1972) is a composer of contemporary music. His repertoire includes compositions for orchestra and chamber music, as well as several solo concertos. His compositions are performed nationally and internationally including in Korea, Japan, USA, England, Finland, Austria and Switzerland. In this context he works together with renowned international soloists and ensembles.
In addition to his compositional work he is known for his remarkable audiovisual art and experimental films which focus on inherent synesthetic connections of sound and visual perceptions. Besides creating interwoven aural and visual landscapes of music, nature sounds and video sequences one important aspect of his art is the illustration of the hidden poetry of nature phenomena and sciences.
His experimental films won several international prizes and were screened at noted festivals like Asolo Film Festival, International Digital Arts Festival Videoformes, Girona Film Festival, Salento International Film Festival, ColumbusInternational Film & Animation Festival, USA Film Festival, New Jersey Film Festival, Sidney International Film Festival, Fargo Film Festival, Sherman Oaks Film Festival, Canberra Short Film Festival, Film and Video Poetry Symposium Los Angeles, Syracuse Film Festival or ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival.
