The entire piece of work, including its audiovisual performance as part of the installation, does not deal primarily with the subject of peace. Instead, ?still/silent? uses peace as its subtle leitmotif. On musical and visual levels, it is portrayed as a beneficial state of tranquillity and calmness, as the absence of noise and turmoil.

These musical and visual levels are complemented by a concrete, yet abstract expression, similar to that of the friction between the private and public spheres in which people act and interact with one another day-by-day.

OIO is an artistic collaboration between the Greek pianist and composer Antonis Anissegos and the Japanese performer and visual artist Erika Matsunami, both of whom are based in Berlin. OIO have developed their own personal form of expression for the translation and metamorphosis from one medium (poetic language) into another (images and sound), resulting in a piece of audiovisual poetry staged during a live concert held within the installation.

www.enstase.com (Antonis Anissegos)
www.art-identity.de (Erika Matsunami)

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