Ergo Phizmiz

Released 12.03.21 on DSO Player , "Im Kampf Mit Dem Teufel" / "Struggle With The Devil", a new music film designed, collaged and animated by Ergo Phizmiz, in collaboration with the Deutsch Symphonie Orchester and director Frederic Wake-Walker. On 12 March at 8.30 pm, a new music film by the DSO will have its premiere. With 'Struggle with the Devil' (Im Kampf mit dem Teufel), director Frederic Wake-Walker and visual artist Ergo Phizmiz bring to expressionistic life the one-act operas 'Sancta Susanna' by Paul Hindemith and 'Slzy Nože' (The Tears of the Knife) by Bohuslav Martinů, as well as the contemporary orchestral work 'Sinuous Voices' by Ondřej Adámek. Through collages and animations rich in references and innuendos, in combination with footage shot both in the Green Screen Studio and in the Kleiner Sendesaal of the rbb in February, an associative visual world is opened up that is inspired by the 1920s and congenially presents both...

New work for "Dimbola Mikado", created using realtime manipulation of images and mixed media across inkjet photocopier, silhouettes, and Victorian optical games. "Dimbola Mikado" premieres at Dimbola Lodge, former home of Victorian photographic pioneer Julia Margaret Cameron, mid to late 2020. Supported by Arts Council England, Dimbola Lodge, and Sound & Music's Francis Chagrin Award. Captain Speedy chaperones his bagpipes through the Victorian era Lewis Carroll Little Maids from School Little Maids from a school with good Ofsted The sun whose rays are all ablaze Captain Speedy plays music to the young prince Melancholy maids from school Arthur Sullivan in pursuit of the Lost Chord The rush of colonialism The sun's rays continue to be ablaze

Welcome to the brand spanking new Ergo Phizmiz blog for the roaring 20s. Over the past few months I have been working to create new audio/visual compositions that constitute digital art made without the interference of a computer, made using an inkjet photocopier and realtime image manipulation. These images were created as part of the development of our new production "Dimbola Mikado", which premieres at Dimbola Lodge in Autumn 2020. Supported by Arts Council England and Sound & Music's Francis Chagrin Award.