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“ETERNAL STORY” (2011)
An interpretation of Anemic Cinema (1926, Marcel Duchamp) using
original 10-frame rotorelief designs fit with concrete poetry.
Music by Micka Luna.
Poetry, voice, video & concrete poetry by Hollace M. Metzger.
Text from the book Transcriptions of Time (2009).
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“SCHWANENGESANG” (2011)
An interpretation of the Finnish epic “Kalevala”, the Irish legend
“The Children of Lir” and/featuring Ruben Dario’s poem “Blason”.
Music: “Tuonelan Joutsen” (“The Swan of Tuonela”, 1893) tone
poem by Jean Sibelius, performed by The Berliner Philharmoniker,
Herbert Von Karajan [EMI Records] and “Love, Those Beams
That Breed” from A Pilgrimes Solace, The Fourth Booke of Songs
(1612) by John Dowland, performed by The Consort of Musicke,
Anthony Rooley [Decca Records].
Video, artwork and production by Hollace M. Metzger.
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“WHY THE WILLOW” (2010)
The English-French theme poem from the third book of poetry, Why the WilloW (2010).
Poetry, photography, video and vocals by Hollace M. Metzger, featuring L. Plazannet.
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“5X” (2010) – A collaboration with TRAUM FILMS
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5 choreographies, a unique expression, based on an indistinct portrait of
reality, an illustration/disorder in skeptical/ distressed movements. A tableau
of thoughts and illusions designed/reshaped and reconstructed as memories.
Produced by Traum Films
Directed by Jean de Oliveira
Choreographer/Dancer: Melanja Palitta
Music: Marta Collica
Poetry/Voice: Hollace M. Metzger
Costumes: Carolina Campos
Location: London / UK
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“UNDERNEATH PARISIAN STREETS” (2009)
A collaboration with Tiago Benzinho (music) and the spoken words of Hollace M. Metzger (poetry, voice, photography).
Poem from the books Observing the Labyrinth from Heaven (2007-8) and Transcriptions of Time (2009).. . .
“MOVEMENTS IN TIME-SPACE IN SOUND” (2009)
Field Recordings & Memory Montage, France 2008-9
0:00 hanging over highway A6 from an overpass, Gentilly
(continuous)
0:07 learning to speak French… (continuous)
0:16 midday church bells and birds, Langrune-sur-Mer
0:18 a friends phone call to work, pretending to be ill, Caen
0:22 a English/French conversation with a photographer about architecture, Cachan
(continuous)
0:29 a New Yorker playing saxophone in adjacent room, Cachan
1:11 church service ending, from outside the doorway, Paris
1:53 two men mixing crepes in a restaurant, Mont Saint-Michel
2:36 a military aircraft flyby, Normandy
2:52 two men mixing crepes in a restaurant, Mont Saint-Michel
3:32 a New Yorker playing saxophone in adjacent room, Cachan
5:21 church service ending, from outside the doorway, Paris
5:30 two men mixing crepes in a restaurant, Mont Saint-Michel
6:28 midday church bells and birds, Langrune-sur-Mer
6:31 a military aircraft flyby, Normandy
with special thanks to:
Chris Cuzme, Yves Marchand, Nick Auskeur & Laurent Plazannet
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“Fenêtres” (2008)
Music by Thomas Bel. Voice, video and poetry from the book TRANSCRIPTIONS OF TIME (2009) by Hollace M. Metzger
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“ANONYM (Identity/Crisis)” (2009)
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“CELLULE” (2009)
This vignette is a thematic representation of part of a multi-media presentation of the 10-11 October Paris vernissage of Hollace M. Metzger, exhibiting with Parisian artist Laurent Plazannet.
Video, montage, painting & photography by Hollace M. Metzger.
The Music is “An Unwelcome Friend” by Philip Glass (song 1) & “Old World” by Philip Glass / Yo Yo Ma (song 2) – Sony Records.
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“BOTTLED SOUL” (2009)
Bottled Soul” is from the second book of poems by TRANSCRIPTIONS OF TIME (2009) by Hollace M. Metzger.
Music by Norman Fairbanks, originally scored as “Music for Galleries” and from the album “CATHEDRAL CITY COUNTERFEITS”
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“RETURN TICKET” (2009)
A collaboration of music, poetry & Paris:
‘Return Ticket’ is from the book TRANSCRIPTIONS OF TIME (2009) by Hollace M. Metzger.
Music by Tiago Benzinho.
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“MY WORLD EXISTS” (2008)
Music by Hendrik Vogel. Poetry/voice/video by Hollace M. Metzger. Video clips taken in Paris, Karlsruhe, Stuttgart, Karlsruhe + Paris again.
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“RONDINE (Little Bird)” (2008)
Poem (from the book TRANSCRIPTIONS OF TIME) & video of fig tree by Hollace M. Metzger, dubbed over part of “Lend Your Ears to my Sorrow” from the Third Booke of Songs (1603) by John Dowland (1563-1626), performed by Anthony Rooley, Consort of Musicke. Title & poetic theme also inspired by the ballad introduction of “Rondine al Nido” (Swallow to the Nest) by Vincenzo de Crescenzo (1875-1964).
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“EIN TRAUM” (2008)
A reading of Franz Kafka’s “Ein Traum” by Hollace M. Metzger & Anonymous, in German/English stereo. Scenography from Cany-Barville, Normandy, France. Video/sound by Hollace M. Metzger.
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“DILUTION” (2008)
A collaboration with Shanyio (music) and Hollace M. Metzger (poetry, voice, photography). Poem from the books Observing the Labyrinth from Heaven and Transcriptions of Time.
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“NORMANDIE” (2008)
A collaboration with Shanyio (music) and Hollace M. Metzger (poetry, voice, photography, video).
