Kalei(en)doscope 2016

7-channel audio Duration: 6'49'' Κaleidoscope = kalos + eidos + scopeo (beautiful + form + examine) Εndoscope = endo + scopeo (inside + examine) This is the sound content of the art instalallation Kalei(en)doscope. It was inspired by a childhood kaleidoscope toy and the myth of the Labyrinth in Minoan Crete. The goal was to make an analogy between the problem in evaluating Contemporary Art to the challenge of looking at the world through a kaleidoscope. Pavlina endeavoured to perplex the viewer within a dynamic and visually kaleidoscopic space accompanied by a labyrinthian discordant soundscape. She used eleven different languages in the soundscape as an analogy of the "language" of a work of art. Each work of art is based on a system – either visual, musical, or grammatical. If the viewers or listeners are not familiar with that system, then they cannot "see" or "hear" the work. Consequently, they may like or dislike works of contemporary art for reasons unrelated to the works themselves. To accomplish this, she emphasized the sound content. Figurative images were intentionally avoided for 2 reasons: firstly, the use of colours and simple shapes facilitate the comprehension of the musical forms. Secondly, and more importantly, because with Contemporary Music, composers face greater resistance to musical novelty as compared to innovation in other art forms. Music Playlist in order of appearance: 1) Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata & Fuga BWV 565 2) Vladimir Mayakovsky: "Listen!" recited by Ivan Denik 3) Ludwig van Beethoven: 5th Symphony Op.67, 1st mov. - Allegro con brio 4) Carl Orff: Cantata "Carmina Burana" - O Fortuna 5) Tibetan monks: Opening prayers 6) Maria Callas: Casta Diva aria from the opera "Norma" by V. Bellini 7) Nana Mouskouri: Hartino to feggaraki (M. Hatzidakis) 8) Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral suite no.3 BWV 1068 - Aria 9) Marcello Mastroianni: Monologue from the film "8 1/2" by F. Fellini 10) Kenneth Branagh: Monologue from "Hamlet" by W. Shakespeare 11) Adhan from Mecca 12) Maria Farantouri: Sto perigiali ( M. Theodorakis) 13) Ludwig van Beethoven: 7th Symphony Op.92, 2nd mov. - Allegretto 14) Adolph Hitler: Speech, Nürnberg 8/9/1934 15) Georg Friedrich Händel: Oratorio "Messiah" HWV 56 - Hallelujah 16) Edith Piaf: Non, je ne regrette rien (Ch. Dumont) 17) Erik Axel Karlfeldt: "Vinterorgel" 18) Franz Schubert: Piano Trio no.2 D 929, 2nd mov.- Andante con moto 19) Omar Khayyam: "Rubaiyat" 20) Gabriel Fauré: Pavane Op.50 21) Thomas Stearns Elliot: "The Waste Land" recited by Sir Alec Guinness 22) Léo Delibes: Opera "Lakmé" – Flower Duet 23) Μelina Μerkouri: Τa paidia tou Peiraia (Μ. Hatzidakis) 24) Remo Giazotto: Adagio in G minor 25) Federico García Lorca: "Llanto por Ignacio Sánchez Mejías" 26) Ludwig van Beethoven: Bagatelle no.25 WoO 59 ("Für Elise") 27) Anton Webern: Piano Variations Op.27 no.2 28) Mikis Theodorakis: "Ζοrba" – opening theme 29) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No. 13 K 525 ("Eine kleine Nachtmusik") 30) Amália Rodrigues: Solidão (Canção Do Mar) (F. Trindade) 31) Yannis Ioannidis: 21 Lyric Moments for Violin Solo no.12 32) Luciano Pavarotti: ’O sole mio (E. Di Capua) 33) Τzeni Karezi: excerpt from the film "Despinis Diefthintis" by N. Dimopoulos 34) Sergei Prokofiev: "Peter and the Wolf" Op.67 - Peter’s theme 35) Richard Beymer: Maria song from the musical "West side story" by L. Bernstein 36) Yannis Xenakis: Métastassis 37) Johann Strauss Jr.: "An der schönen blauen Donau" Op. 314 38) Gene Kelly: Singin’ in the rain song from the musical by I. H. Brown 39) Gerardo Matos Rodríguez: La cumparsita 40) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: "Swan Lake" Op.20 41) Matsuo Bashō: Frog Haiku 42) Ella Fitzgerald: Summertime song from the opera "Porgy and Bess" by G. Gershwin 43) Dame Kiri Te Kanawa: Summertime aria from the opera "Porgy and Bess" by G. Gershwin 44) Vangelis: Instrumental theme from the film "Chariots of Fire" 45) Yannis Ioannidis: 21 Lyric Moments for Violin Solo no.4 46) George Seferis: "Helen" recited by himself 47) Christoph Wilibald Ritter von Gluck: opera "Orfeo ed Euridice" – Danza degli spiriti beati 48) John Lennon: Imagine 49) Romanos the Melodist: "Christmas Kontakion" 50) Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: "Missa Papae Marcelli" - Kyrie 51) Maurice Ravel: "Boléro" 52) Richard Wagner: Opera "Die Walküre" WWV 86B - Walkürenritt 53) Dmitri Shostakovich: Suite Op.99a – Waltz no.2 54) Diana Damrau: Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen aria from the opera "Die Zauberflöte" by W. A. Mozart K 620 55) Edvard Grieg: "Peer Gynt" Op.23 - Morgonstemning 56) Martin Luther King Jr.: Speech, Washington 28/8/1963 57) ABBA: I have a dream 58) Johannes Brahms: 3rd Symphony Op.90, 3rd mov. - Poco allegretto 59) Dionysios Solomos: "The Cretan" recited by Lydia Koniordou