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Requiem for the undersea

by Manja Ristić

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Requiem for the Undersea is a collection of works based on noise pollution observed at the heart of Korčula town in South Adriatic. Hydrophone recording sites are urban reconstruction sites, that comprehend undersea digging with heavy machinery, such as reconstruction of the West port as well as ACI marina docks. The recording of a forklift scrapping the sea bed, the recording of a large pneumatic drill, and the sound of pouring a large amount of concrete into the sea bed – are foundations of electro-acoustic constructs, which are further de-contextualized with musical appropriations of several objects treated as instruments: metal laundry dryer, cardboard tube, AM radio signals, electromagnetic waves from electrical outlets, etc. With additional field and hydrophone recordings from the sites: island of Vrnik, Ražnjić Lighthouse, Lenga open quarry, St. Nikola’s Monastery, as well as improvisational sequences on cello – the intention to capture the moments of anthropogenic impact evolves into anxious necrologies for the undersea.

excerpt from the text > Biodiversity of the undersea near coastal Adriatic towns is openly perceived as a free resource. The spectrum of negligence is so vast it is hard to even imagine an evolutionary mechanism that would recover marine life from such a variety of aggressive pollutants, both visible and invisible. We live in a dying landscape. My continuous archiving of the undersea sonic imprints in South Adriatic is a narrative revealing the anatomy of ignorance and the scale of devastation. Without an urgent and radical change in the attitude toward marine life and the environment in coastal towns, there is no basis for hope that scientific research could build conditions for marine palingenesis. These are unprecedented times of the Anthropocene.

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released January 27, 2021

all sounds recorded, performed & composed by Manja

Mastering by Goran Simonoski, La Plant Studio, Belgrade
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hydrophone 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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