"STAXTH" is a collaborative visual poem that was inspired by, and illustrates the composition "Stahti" by Kostas Zisimopoulos . It was produced by Sophia Savagner (videography & masks & performance).

 

'Stàhti’ - which in Greek means ash - is an acoustic work based on pre-recorded voices and text. The inspiration of this piece comes from the poem by the Latvian poet Baiba Bičole titled ‘'Es ārpus laika esmu’’ ("I exist outside of time”).

 

This work was driven by the will to expand the expression of poetry in music, and to dive into the archaism of sounds the human voice can produce. The video presents a character trapped in a enclosed room, attempting in vain to escape his existence. With only dead cockroaches to keep him company, he lies in the wake of his own despair. The ending has an open interpretation: either he becomes free of his state of mind, or he meets death.

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The pictures are still frames issued from the video, that can be found on Youtube as an archive.