in 2008, frank van berkel invited karel doing to provide the images for de rotterdamse school #11, the last episode of a series of contemporary music concerts in the rotterdam theatre lantaren/venster. _van berkel linked doing to the originally polish composer michal osowski. _osowski was about to graduate from the composition department of codarts. _they hadn't met before, but were well matched. _in 2010, doing asked osowski to compose the music for his film liquidator
|kd| in 2010 i asked the archive of the dutch film institute for a movie that was on the verge of total decay but, nevertheless, could still be saved. _they provided the 1922 silent movie haarlem by the dutch film pioneer willy mullens. _mullens made movies about dutch cities in the nineteen twenties in order to sell them to these cities afterwards. _the city of haarlem bought his film, but a copy was sold to an italian organisation that wanted to promote tourism to the netherlands. _the copy disappeared to reappear much later, seriously affected by mould and fungus. _a high resolution digital copy of the film was made and fragments were included in liquidator. _these fragments show the transition from well preserved images to distorted or even vanishing images. _it looks as if the images have become liquid. _michal applied his own manner of processing. _his soundtrack is directely linked to the flow of images. _he used the changes in density of the film to control complex filters and sound effects ||
darkloupe starts in/with the dark. _the basic optical ingredients are lenses and flashes of light. _the live images are created with a deconstructed filmprojector, a kind of 'magic lantern' made of seperate lenses, lamps, slides and masks. _the images are filmed on site and simultaneously projected. _the projected images look abstract initially, but gradually the viewer recognizes the objects that were used to create the images and that's intended. _the revalation that you can evoke a magic world with profane means is an essential point to doing. _it causes a sensation that leads to amazement and admiration. _for darkloupe the artists follow a scenario with a rough order, but plenty of room for improvisation
|kd| these liberties are the thrill of it. _each time we discover new things or add something to the performance. _i'm planning a series of new objects. _ocw is the first venue in row of a european tour. _the last performance is scheduled for november 2012. _by the time we perform in the paris cinematheque this summer, darkloupe should have developed into a full evenings' programme ||
doing & osowski at work
michal osowski is composer, computer artist and performer. _he was born in poland and is since 2001 living in the netherlands. _he studied sonology and followed a master in classical composition. _he has also taken courses at ircam in paris themed interactive interdisciplinary performance. _he collaborates with painters, dancers and filmmakers in performances and interactive compositions