Shanghai (2003)

Extract of a live performance by Carpets Curtains, audio-visual duo formed by Filip Cenek(improvised video) and Ivan Palacký(improvised sound). Combining live audio “micro-improvisations” with live video manipulations, Carpets Curtains express an engaging and nuanced interplay of audio and visual material. With live visuals being based on improvised memory re-edits in which emphasis is placed on ambiguous “narration” while VJ software errors are used to reach new amoebic image qualities, the result is a principle or method of remaining fixed to moving images while vacating the essential aspects for building concrete meaning. Such visual approaches find parallels in Palacký’s delicate musicalities, in which found objects and minimal electronics are fused to create elegantly small sound mixture. (Carpets Curtains)