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[SF01] String Figures
Zoë Mc Pherson & Alessandra Leone


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released November 19, 2021





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Written, recorded, performed, and produced by
Zoë Mc Pherson, 2, 3 co-arranged by Falk Schrauwen &Zoë Mc Pherson Mixed by Jérémy Michel at Lowmansland studios, Brussels
Mastered by Rashad Becker at Clunk studios,
Berlin

Artwork 3D by Andreas Barden
Design by Paul Putzar
Produced by Zoë Mc Pherson
Distributed by SVS records

Grateful thanks to Ale, Marine, Gillie, Thierry, Julien
Dedicated to Nana and Olga (so it shall never be lost)
         
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︎Praise 
CDM / The Arts Desk / Chain / DLK / Rome independent prisma awards / XLR8 / Trax mag / Freq / The Tung / Tiny Mixtapes / Musicmap Global / Booooooom /  A Closer Listen / The Electronic North

︎Screenings
Vimeo staff pick / Nowness / ACMI x NOWNESS, Melbourne / Silver Sound Showdown Music + Video Festival, New York / Hafenkunstkino, Düsseldorf / VAEFF Video Art and Experimental Film Festival, New York / Berlin Independent Film Festival / Austin Film Festival / Open World Animation Festival Allentown, PA USA/ International Music Video Underground Paris

︎ Awards
Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin 2020 - BEST MUSIC VIDEO / Aphrodite Film Awards 2019 - BEST MUSIC VIDEO / Rome Prisma Film Awards 2019 - FINALIST CATEGORY MUSIC VIDE / Berlin Independent Film Festival  - BEST MUSIC VIDEO 2019 / Berlin Music Video Awards 2018- BEST EXPERIMENTAL / Showdown XI Brooklyn, NYC - FINALIST / Krakow Film Festival 2020 - Best Animated Music Video 


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String Figures is a trans-global art project based on the ancient and current practice of Cat's Cradle. A transmedia work in 7 chapters bringing together sound, film, choreography, 3D and macrophotography. String Figures is an audiovisual album, a live performance, and vinyl+digital releases SF01 & SF01RMX on SVS records.

CHAPTERS
I. Sabotage Story × ( unknot opening )
II.  Deep × ( prayer )
III.  Shaman × ( how I became )
IV.  Komusar × ( moving )
V.  Hardingfele × ( release )
VI.  Inouï × ( and free )
VII.  Transmission × ( so it shall never be lost )

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Music Credits︎︎︎
Congas, bendir, repique, metal plate in 1, 2, 3, 4 performed live by Falk Schrauwen
Bass, tenor saxophone in 1, 3 performed by Sam Comerford, recorded by Jérémy Michel at Lowmansland studios, Brussels, Belgium  
Bass cicada in 1 recorded in Bandung, Indonesia  
Sync hoofs by two horses, recorded on Heybeliada island, Turkey
Dung Chen, Gya Ling, Bub Chel in 1 performed by unknown, recorded by unknown in Tibet
Lyrics on 3 inspired by the story of Ava and Niviatsiaq collected by Knud Rasmussen in 1922, Arctic Canada
Muralag folk tale in 4 sung by Made Paul, collected by W. Laade in Western Torres Straits, South Pacific 
Bees in 4 recorded in Drôme, France
Katajjait, Assalalaa in 6 sung by unknown, recorded somewhere in the Arctic circle
Processed throat singing in 6 performed by Maxime Demartin, recorded in Brussels, Belgium
Processed Hardingfele in 7 performed by unknown, recorded in Bergen, Norway

All other instruments by Zoë Mc Pherson
Written, recorded, performed, and produced by Zoë Mc Pherson
2, 3 co-arranged by Falk Schrauwen & Zoë Mc Pherson
Mixed by Jérémy Michel at Lowmansland studios, Brussels, Belgium
Mastered by Rashad Becker at Clunk studios, Berlin, Germany
Artwork 3D by Andreas Barden 
Design by Paul Putzar
Produced by Zoë Mc Pherson
Distributed by SVS records
Grateful thanks to Ale, Marine, Gillie, Thierry, Julien
Dedicated to Nana and Olga (so it shall never be lost)

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Film Credits ︎︎︎
Direction, editing by Alessandra Leone
Concept, co-direction by Zoë Mc Pherson
3D animation by Andreas Barden, Andreas Martini,
Moritz Reichartz
Production by Silvia Procopio
DoP by Julian Moser
Focus Puller by Nils Koppenbrink
Costumes, Accessories by Raki Fernandez, Benu Berlin,
Siff Pristed
Prop Designer by Terril Scott
MuA by Nóra Belovai
Hairstylist by Krisztiàn Berki
Choreography by Hen
Dancers by Hen, Ichi Go
Color Grading by Lutz Forster
Set Photography by Dario Jacopo Laganà
Produced by Zoë Mc Pherson


Film Credits
︎Thanks to the support of the flemish region






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