Zoë Mc Pherson - String Figures AV album

2018-19 I MUSIC VIDEO, DIRECTION

String Figures is a trans-global art project based on the ancient and current practice of Cat's Cradle. A transmedia work in 7 chapters bringing together sound, film, choreography, 3D and macrophotography.

String Figures is an audiovisual album, a live performance, and vinyl+digital releases SF01 & SF01RMX on SVS records.

CHAPTERS

I. Sabotage Story × ( unknot opening )

II. Deep × ( prayer )

III. Shaman × ( how I became )

IV. Komusar × ( moving )

V. Hardingfele × ( release )

VI. Inouï × ( and free )

VII. Transmission × ( so it shall never be lost )

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I. Sabotage Story × ( unknot opening)

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II. Deep × ( prayer )

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III. Shaman × ( how I became )

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IV. Komusar × ( moving )

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V. Hardingfele × ( release )

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VI. Inouï × ( and free )

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VII. Transmission × ( so it shall never be lost )

CREDITS

Recorded, performed and produced by Zoë Mc Pherson
Add. percussions on I, II, II, IV by Falk Schrauwen
Bass saxophone on I, II by Sam Comerford Add.
mixing by Jérémy Michel
Mastered by Rashad BeckerFilm
Directed and edited by Alessandra Leone
Concept, co-direction by Zoë Mc Pherson
DoP - Julian Moser
Choreography - Hen/i
Dancers - Hen, Ichi Go
3D animation on I - Moritz Reichartz
3D animation on II - Andreas Martini
3D animation on VI - Andreas Barden
Liquids macro shots on II and V - Susie Sie
Costumes, accessories - Raki Fernandez, Benu Berlin, Siff Pristed
Focus Puller - Nils Koppenbrink
Prop Designer - Terril Scott
MuA - Nóra Belovai
Hairstylist - Krisztiàn Berki
Set Production - Silvia Procopio
Color Grading on I, IV and V - Lutz Forster
Color Grading on III - Valerio Liberatore
Set Photography - Dario-Jacopo Laganà

Produced by Zoë Mc Pherson

Thanks to the support of the Flemish region

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PRESS

Boiler room by Paul Hanford
“Live tonight, Zoe and Alessandra’s multidisciplinary methods are an alchemy of old practices finding new technologies.
I watch as string figures loop across the vertical phone-shaped screen that are then curiously mirrored in the raised phones of captivated guests: recording, looping and relaying their own experience.”

Nowness by M. Hansen
“Traditional Inuit culture meets techno-futurism in this beguiling audio-visual explosion”

Booooooom
“Leone translates Mc Pherson’s sonic mediations into elaborately choreographed gestures both beautiful and haunting. As Leone describes it, the film captures the dialogue not just between fingers and hands but between bodies, the “continuous weaving” and “patterning of possible worlds and possible times.” Only here: “Zoë is narrator/instigator, conducting carefully orchestrated rituals as a way of thoroughly exploring the relational ties within the concept. The dancers speak their physical language by expanding contracting and interweaving within the string loop.”

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II. Deep × ( prayer )

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III. Shaman × ( how I became )

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IV. Komusar × ( moving )

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V. Hardingfele × ( release )

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VI. Inouï × ( and free )

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VII. Transmission × ( so it shall never be lost )

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CONTACT
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**― Say hi! Happy to discuss ideas, projects, inquiries and collabs ︎**

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Zoë Mc Pherson - String Figures AV album

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II. Deep × ( prayer )

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III. Shaman × ( how I became )

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IV. Komusar × ( moving )

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V. Hardingfele × ( release )

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VI. Inouï × ( and free )

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VII. Transmission × ( so it shall never be lost )

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CONTACT–

― Say hi! Happy to discuss ideas, projects, inquiries and collabs ︎

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CONTACT
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**― Say hi! Happy to discuss ideas, projects, inquiries and collabs ︎**