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Firefly

by Marianna Simnett

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Layers of tremulous flutes rise and fall, punctuated by a woman’s breaths, gasps and growls. Electronic birdsong-like trills flicker into being and then vanish, as if someone, or something, is struggling to be born, somewhere in the secret depths of a dark forest…

This is ‘Firefly’, the extraordinary new audio work from acclaimed artist Marianna Simnett. The piece is adapted from her recent flute opera ‘GORGON’, a newly-commissioned piece which premiered during the 2023 Berlin Art Week and which makes groundbreaking use of real-time AI machine learning alongside traditional musical performance, acting and choreography. Simnett’s accompanying video was produced by painstakingly stitching together thousands of AI images, creating an uncanny vision that floats between the mythological and the technological. Read more about ‘GORGON’ here: www.las-art.foundation/programme/gorgon

This is the second single from ‘Sampler1’, a forthcoming compilation of music by visual artists who are known for the innovative use of sound within their work. The full album is released on November 17th 2023 on OUTPUTS. ‘Sampler1’ is intended to be a fundraiser, to allow OUTPUTS to commission new works, and will be pay-what-you-like on Bandcamp.

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Music Composed, Recorded and Performed by Marianna Simnett

Video Directed, Edited and Performed by Marianna Simnett
in collaboration with Moisés Horta and Alan Ixba

Original visual material was produced for GORGON, 2023, commissioned by LAS Art Foundation, originally performed at HAU2, Berlin, 2023

© Marianna Simnett 2023

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released October 24, 2023
Composed, Recorded and Performed by Marianna Simnett

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Marianna Simnett Berlin, Germany

Marianna Simnett is an artist and musician living and working in Berlin. Her work has been exhibited internationally in solo exhibitions at venues including Société, Berlin (2022); Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane (2019); Kunsthalle Zürich, Zürich (2019); MMK, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt (2018); The New Museum, New York (2018) and Zabludowicz Collection, London (2018). ... more

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