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Alice & the smoke castles of Paris

by Manja Ristić

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1.
Not I 04:09
2.
Lovers 02:46
3.
Intruder 06:28
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Moon Tower 06:11
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Alisa Simonović was a Serbian painter,
restless spirit living between Belgrade and Paris,
graduated at the famous École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts,
who wondered across Europe and as far as India,
and tragically passed away at the age of 33, in 1986.

By this day there is no official record of her work, and her paintings might be dispersed between Belgrade, Paris and somewhere in Germany where there was the last collectors’ interest. She predominately produced oil on canvas. I was also familiar with one of her murals painted inside her mother’s and later sister’s family house, but unfortunately it is non existing any more.

I lived good portion of my life with few of her paintings, and as the years were passing the subtle exchanges I would receive from them were gradually building up a need to articulate remembrance and acknowledgment of both her personality and her art.
Her creative force left strong echoes in her family, but her sudden death produced a loudness of grief among those who loved her. She was a party girl. A burning heart of Paris nightlife and a wild daughter. But gentle and inspiring sister and aunt.

This 30 min sound tribute grew from micro narratives recorded on an old piano she liked to play in her family house. The piano is pre WWII dated up right with fine woodwork and rather preserved mechanism. The pedal is broken.

Approach to sound on the tracks transcends micro tonalities of intuitive composing which emerges from careful placement of field recordings and spontaneous interventions or unresolved movements. Those spatial textures are further translated into ambient orchestration, revealing the power and fragility of particular moment – a memory of multilayered reality embedded in both social and natural environment. Material is purposely left uncompressed in order to preserve as much as possible of the original frequencies with its raw sonic geometry, therefore headphones or sensitive wide range PA is recommended for the accurate listening experience.

In Belgrade April 2019.

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released April 23, 2019

played, recorded & edited by Manja Ristić
instruments & sounds: piano, cello, Tesla Plasma Ball, various objects, field & underwater recordings
On track 1 excerpt from Notre Dame en feu Reportage sur la place, Forum France, field recording
contact mic & hydrophone used in field & underwater recording are made by Jez Riley French

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Manja Ristić Belgrade, Serbia

Born in Belgrade 1979. Violinist, sound artist, curator and researcher mostly active in the field of electro-acoustics, instrumental improvisation & experimental sound related arts. Graduated at the Belgrade Music Academy, then gained PGDip at the Royal College of Music, London. ... more

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