“Ulysses’ Syndrome” Directed by Jim Helton, shot by Josh Rothstein, Conception Stephan Crasneanscki.
Whilst he was attending Soundwalk’s last New York performance on board the Frying Pan in September, Film director Jim Helton, captured the electric atmosphere that seized the old lightship with the help of Josh Rothstein as the Director of Photography. Jim Helton had previously co-directed “Kill the Ego“, alongside Ron Patane.
This week, Soundwalk’s upcoming Parisperformance of Ulysses Syndrome at La Nuit Blanche is covered in prestigious french weekly magazine Le Point’s nightlife online guide ! In an article entitled “Sound odyssey till the end of night” (“Odyssée sonore jusqu’au bout de la nuit”), journalist Marie Audran invites the parisian public to join in the sonic experience that will take place in the Jardins du Trocadéro, this saturday, October 2nd.
Soundwalk’s live tour continues next week in Naples, where the Soundwalk collective will be showcasing Ulysses’ Syndrome at the Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Donna Regina - MADRE -, on wednesday, September 29th. The sound piece will be presented as a live performance which will mark the beginning of Gabriele Giugni’s underwater photo exhibition on Ulysses’ Syndrome.
The exhibition will be shown at MADRE for three weeks, from September 29th to October 18th.
PRACTICAL INFO
September 29th, 7PM | MADRE Museum
Via Settembrini 79, 80139 Napoli
Click here to find the venue.
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This is Soundwalks 5th excerpt of The Ulysses Syndrome, a sound journey following the route of Ulysses along the Mediterranean Sea. We return 3000 years later. Without being seen, hundreds of millions of soundwaves are constantly flying over the surface of the water. Equipped with radio scanners, we have spent the last few months casting a 10 mile net from our boat into the sky, collecting sound fragments and bringing them back in. What you are now hearing is the distant communication between sailors of Sicily and the broken broadcasting of melodies from the world at sea!
We hope you enjoy this poetic journey. Stay tuned…
Soundwalk is taking its holiday vacation until January… We’d like to leave you with some images from French magazine L’Officiel Voyage’s feature article on our latest sound piece Ulysses’ Syndrome, which we’ve discussed several times before on this blog.
In issue No. 23, Winter 2009, journalist Guillaume Fedou notes the way in which the project reimagines the picture of the Mediterranean as illustrated by Fernand Braudel, renowned French historian and author of The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II. The magazine elegantly presents a series of stunning photographs by Soundwalk founder Stephan Crasneanscki (interviewed here for Electronic Beats), and co-sailors Cesare Lombardo and Gabriele Guigni.
In our selection of pictures : the 30-meter long sailboat that hosted the Soundwalk expedition, and Soundwalk’s founder Stephan Crasneanscki and sound designer Simone Merli at work.
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This is Soundwalks 4th excerpt of The Ulysses Syndrome, a sound journey following the route of Ulysses along the Mediterranean Sea. We return 3000 years later. Without being seen, hundreds of millions of soundwaves are constantly flying over the surface of the water. Equipped with radio scanners, we have spent the last few months casting a 10 mile net from our boat into the sky, collecting sound fragments and bringing them back in. What you are now hearing are fragments of voices from what seems to be a scene unfolding along the coast line of Puglia at the Southeastern tip of Italy.
We hope you enjoy this poetic journey. Stay tuned…
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The Ulysses Syndrome is a sound journey. Following the route of Ulysses along the Mediterranean Sea, we return 3000 years later. Without being seen, hundreds of millions of soundwaves are constantly flying over the surface of the water. Equipped with radio scanners, we have spent the last few months casting a 10 mile net from our boat into the sky, collecting sound fragments, bringing them back in. What you are now hearing is Sardinian leisure, spiritual quests and curiosities, and of course, fresh fish of the day, all radio frequencies popular and obscure, from submarines below, and airplanes above.
We hope you enjoy this poetic journey. Stay tuned…
photo by: Stephan Crasneanscki
