Midnight’s Children Project

Feb 26, 2018

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Midnight’s Children Project

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60″ (152,4 cm). Oil on canvas. (2017)

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Behind the scene

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Connecting Literature, Art and Music

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Salman Rushdie

[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”10px”][vc_column_text]What one hopes for most for one’s work is that it will stand the test of time and continue to be alive long after the moment of its creation. I was excited and moved that two artists as gifted – and as young! – as Ittai Shapira and Alexander Klingspor should wish to come together to respond to Midnight’s Children and create new work. My role is to discuss with them what they find in the book and to say how it fits with my own feelings about it, both then, when I wrote it, and now. I can’t wait to see and hear the results of this three-way collaboration.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]

Ittai Shapira

[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”10px”][vc_column_text]Having read Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children, I was struck by Mr. Rushdie’s masterful and compelling way of depicting the juxtaposition of tradition and independence on one hand, fantasy and reality on the other, in short-Magical Realism. Conversations with the illustrious painter Alexander Klingspor made me realize that our approaches to painting and musical composition share many similarities, such as Texture, Rhythm and Color.

Key dates in the book ground the story line in reality; I decided to experiment with translating numerological dates to their corresponding pitches and sound waves. Reacting to the incredibly imaginative narrative, I used a continuous musical thread with melodies, musical foreground and background, developing a life of their own, yet guided by the book.

Mr. Klingspor’s colors, linear and cyclic time in ways that would allow different characters of the book to come to life in the viewer’s mind, while being part of an epic story line. I believe that conversations with Mr. Rushdie and Mr. Klingspor have influenced my work greatly.  Having recorded the concerto with the BBC National Orchestra is Wales, our mission is to help develop a cohesive piece to which people from different disciplines and cultures can relate and experience in a diversified fashion.  This perennial project is now designed to use the power of the Arts to heal on an educational, medical, and collective level.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]

Alexander Klingspor

[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”10px”][vc_column_text]When composer and violinist Ittai Shapira proposed the idea of collaborating on the theme of Salman Rushdie’s masterpiece, Midnight’s Children, I felt thrilled, honored and extremely challenged. How does one live up in visual language to the written words of one of the most brilliant authors of our time?[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner padding_setting=”1″ desktop_padding=”no-padding” ipad_padding=”sm-no-padding” mobile_padding=”xs-no-padding” css=”.vc_custom_1519647875741{padding-top: 100px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]

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