Through the pretext of observing a physical phenomenon such as the synchronization of
two objects (metronomes), the work investigates the language of moving images as rhythm,
succession of sound and light in a frame.
The layering of the video interweaves, at times confusingly and at others more distinctly,
two overlapping narrative voices testing the viewer‘s attention in an effort at communication
and empathy.
Both filming and editing are influenced by the metronome-scored timings that tripartite the
narration in three tempos. The work explores alternative ways of language and communication,
delivery and reception of a message.
20:30
Tamara Knežević
Last words?
sound performance
2023
“Last words?” is a non-hierarchical textual assemblage that is performed live as
a sound piece.
It is a narration of collected near-death tweets, written by notable people, that are
subverting their online domain while questioning the importance of a famous phenomenon
called last words.
„Don‘t ask me how I‘m doing bitch I‘m GREAT It‘s about to be a very eventful night to say the least
I get by with a little help from my friends! Live to Love! Love to Live! Love You Live! Hope to see
ELECTRICFETUS.COM“
AZERTY amélioré {sfz} is presented as a live concert. MIDI signals are converted into keyboard strokes (letters, numbers, special characters) via customised software.
The 88 keys of a piano are thus assigned a double function; at the same time as the usual sound a keystroke, on the screen it becomes apparent that letters are being typed. The self-declared guiding principles of the developers of the AZERTY amélioré keyboard layout remain as text embedded in code.
AZERTY amélioré (NF Z71-300:2019-04) is the improved 2019 version of the AZERTY keyboard layout commonly
used in France. The keys of the piano are mapped according to a customised version of AZERTY amélioré.
{sfz} is a musical performance instruction to dynamically emphasise designated notes and is the abbreviation of sforzato or sforzando. It
stands or „very accentuated“.
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performance
performance! charactuers often usd together should be close together
performance
ergonomics
ergonomics! characters used often should be central on the keyboard
ergonomics
intuitiveness
intuitiveness! specvial characters should be c lose to familiar fixed characters
intuitiveness
familiarity
familiarity! often used characters should be close to their original positions
familiarity
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