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DER MONDÄNE TIGER
The laughter in the dark
Literary gems with an interesting perspective: the works are not meant to contain anything that might correspond to "reality", any observations of the outside or intellectual world; just purely imaginary combinations. We are presented with concepts of an extra-human world. (Raymond Roussel)
Surreal,
lustfully cruel short stories by selected authors from the book
ANTHOLOGY OF BLACK HUMOR
by André Breton
presented as a detailed composition of
word - sound - music
Idea, concept
and voice/performance:
ANDREA SPLISGAR
Sound collage
and composition:
LORD LITTER
The rhythm
(the word) and the melody (the sound) are among the most important intermediaries
between dream and reality...
One can say that in the world of hearing, they have the same meaning as
light in the world of seeing.
They create and lend new meaning.
Short
story The Swan Killer from the novel 'Tribulat Bonhomet'
by Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, 1840-1889, France.
Sound collage: Holst, Mahler, Wagner, and several dark effects full of
beating wings and cheering
Short
story The Debutante from the book 'La femme ovale' circa
1939
by Leonora Carrington, painter and writer, 1917 - , England.
Sound collage: French Chanson, hyenas laughing, and deeply unsettling
sounds
Poem
A Shameful Pauper circa 1870 by Xavier Forneret, poet and novelist,
1810 - 1888, France.
Sound collage: Gainsbourgh, Morricone and eerie effects from classic mystery
films
Poem
The Salt Herring 1874 by Charles Cros, poet and novelist, 1842
- 1888, France. Homage to Stanley Kubrick.
Sound collage: engine room of a space ship, stellar winds, hammering on
a hard surface and a distorted "Blue Danube" by Richard Strauss