Camera Obscura – A Concert of Improvised Music, Performed in Darkness
Zofia Bartoszevicz, Saba Krasoczko
WITH ZOFIA BARTOSZEWICZ (VOCALS) AND SABA KRASOCZKO (ACCOMPANIMENT)
Zofia Bartoszewicz is a singer and actor. She uses her voice to translate moods into sounds. In this performance, composed for Dortmund | Cologne IWFF, she explores darkness and silence.
»Pictures from the camera obscura have a specific quality: softness and gentleness. I think about the darkness in this way.«
– Zofia Bartoszewicz
To see more clearly we need darkness. To hear more clearly we need silence. While listening to music we often spontaneously close our eyes, and immerse ourselves more deeply in what we are listening to. A synergy of the senses occurs. We develop images and visions. Listening intently sharpens our vision. Every film begins in our mind, in our imagination. In the darkness, we can relax, disappear. In the darkness we don’t have to compare ourselves with others, nor are we judged.
Bartoszewicz explores the border area between the known and the unknown, the expected and unexpected: an acoustic invitation to immerse ourselves in darkness, to rest and sharpen our senses.
Supported by: Polnisches Institut Düsseldorf
Zofia Bartoszevicz
A voice performer, composer and actress. She researches the phenomenon of improvisation / intuitive music, and develops theatre and music projects. She performs at festivals, in clubs and theatres, but also in shelters for asylum seekers, prisons and hospices. Bartoszewicz has received two scholarships from the Ministry of Culture and Cultural Heritage of the Republic of Poland.
Saba Krasoczko
A vocalist in several genres, she has studied singing with the acclaimed virtuoso opera singer Izabela Kłosińska in Warsaw and Khonoome Tabatabai in Isfahan. She sings Baroque as well as contemporary music (e.g. Stockhausen, Cage, Szymanowski, Litwiński), early music, Persian and Chinese music. She often works with theatres and dancers, dancing in many performances herself. A linguist and mother of three, she holds a scholarship from the Ministry of Culture and Cultural Heritage of the Republic of Poland.
