james ginzburg - twilight in pierced velvet

From james ginzburg's crystallise, a frozen eye LP, out on Subtext on May 7, 2021
Digital album & book: https://jamesginzburg.bandcamp.com/

Video by Theresa Schubert
  / studiotheresaschubert  
https://theresaschubert.com/

"The video for James Ginzburg's 'twilight in pierced velvet' is inspired by the idea of movement of fluids inside trees. The imagery stems from animated photo stills fading into each other. I found particularly interesting the contrast between the hypnotic and calm atmosphere and what they depict in original: chainsaw patterns on cut trees, which is rather an imprint of violence. I encountered them during a forest walk and was inspired by their abstract nature and imaginary potential." - Theresa Schubert

Written in the fall of 2020, "crystallise, a frozen eye" brings up universal themes of isolation, safety and mortality, but traps them beneath a veneer of archeological curiosity. In looking back to the sounds and textures of pre-Christian Europe, ginzburg occupies a space that falls outside of current cultural trends. His music instead reflects our shifting relationship with time, inspiring us to contemplate memory, repetition and stasis.

Theresa Schubert is a Berlin-based artist exploring unconventional visions of nature, technology and the self. Her work combines audiovisual and biomedia to conceptual and immersive installations or performances. She completed a PhD in Media Art at Bauhaus-University Weimar and her works questions the relation of humans to their environment and evolvement of matter and meaning beyond the Anthropos.

The album is presented as limited edition short book containing images and three texts that expand on and weave together some of the record's themes.

http://subtextrecordings.net/