It was in Naples, in 2021, when we met the dancer and choreographer Ainara López during the artist-in-residence program “The Art of Remembering” (directed by Samina Virani at the Fondazione Morra). A few minutes after we met we were already immersed in conversations about Sergei Parajanov, whose art has been a big source of inspiration both for us and for Ainara. To that time we had already realized a sound collage called ASNAMUS (Hommage to Sergei Parajanov), and Ainara, for her part, the choreographic tableau vivant “Le Coin Parajanov”. Of course, the next idea was to develop a common project. So, in spring 2022 we invited Ainara to Armenia, where we spent a couple of intense weeks together. The fruits of this collaboration are been two performances; the first one at the Parajanov Museum (10.04.2022) and the second, a ‘long durational’ one, “Le Coin Parajanov #2. Memory mapping (a ritual research and performance in-situ)”, at HayArt Cultural Center, at HayArt Cultural Center, in the frame of ARé Performing Arts Festival (18.04.2024).
On the basis of the already existing sound materials and a sketched dramaturgy, we reacted spontaneously to Ainara’s performative actions, creating a live sound canvas for the different sections of the event.
„ASNAMUS“ (Homage to Sergei Parajanov)
Sound collage for the performance “Le coin Parajanov” with Ainara Makalilo.
The most important thing is the frame. The films of Parajanov are fantastic assemblages of images, sounds, hermetical actions. The power of imagination can trasmutate also “garbage”. The magic of collage. Great surrealistic polyphonies (almost kitsch and almost sacred), beyond traditional logic.
Sergei Parajanov besides Kurt Schwitters, Giuseppe Zevola, Pierre Schaeffer and other eccentricities. Étrangeté…
Photos by: Mane Hovhannisyan
Find more about the project:
https://www.laciedetasoeur.com/le-coin-parajanov-2/