Thisisthe story of a research, ofsleepless nights, and loud music. An experimental music ensemble isrecording an album. They want a very specific sound: the sound of thick air. The sound engineer struggles to understand and to find that sound. Shot across five cities and countless nights, Thick Air is a noise-injected collage, composed of diaristic footage, a found narrative (memories of a popular 60s band), original music, and field recordings. “A portion of my archive is made of my video diaries of concerts I go to: this film features Roscoe Mitchell, Headwar, Thurston Moore, and KVB. I use them to represent a moment in the life of a sound engineer.” (Stefano Miraglia)
Stefano Miraglia (born in Málaga, Spain, in 1988) is an artist and curator based in Paris, France. Merging video, photography, archival documents, and autobiographical elements, his work with the moving image is at the intersection of collage, abstract art, and diaristic cinema. His films are distributed by Collectif Jeune Cinéma. His curatorial practice includesscreenings, exhibitions, roundtables, and the online project Movimcat / The Moving Image Catalog, which he founded.
fotografia/cinematography Stefano Miraglia
montaggio/editing Stefano Miraglia
musica originale/original music Stefano Miraglia
con/featuring
Roscoe Mitchell, Headwar, The KVB, Thurston
Moore
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