strange pilgrims
Media Interface Design, Film Direction and Editing: Mark Dechiazza
DeChiazza's film created in collaboration with Mark Andrew as part of the world premiere of Amy Beth Kirsten's strange pilgrims—a work for voice and orchestra performed at Carnegie Hall by American Composers Orchestra and the Philadelphia-based chamber choir, The Crossing. The film features a performance by Ruza Maderevic. DeChiazza also designed a MAX/Jitter software patch for responsive live performance of the projected imagery in concert, allowing an operator to make choices to affect the film's ultimate form. (note: this edited excerpt is an example of just one way the media might be ordered through the performance software interface, but not the only, or the definitive way.)
Music by Amy Beth Kirsten, film conceived, directed and edited by Mark DeChiazza, director of photography Mark Andrew. This work for chorus, orchestra, and film premiered in February 2014 at Carnegie Hall, performed by American Composers Orchestra and The Crossing.