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Janek Schaefer describes his Extended Play as a "bitter sweet tribute to the child survivors of conflict and war...it continuously and positively celebrates hope, survival, and new beginnings". Inspired by his Polish mother, who was a child survivor of the Second World War, a bunker in his back garden and the birth of his own daughter, Schaefer created what became an award-winning sound installation. At its core he uses a Polish tango that originally told the story of a Polish/Ukraine conflict and was later used as code by the Polish underground in World War II. Schaefer takes this piece and teases out each instrument's line, playing them separately across three clusters of Crosley record players. As the audience move around the players, sensors stop and start the music to form an organic reworking of the original tango. The result is tender, moving and beautiful.

Cast/Performers

Janek Schaefer

Extended Play

Extended Play (Performance) production archive for QTIX code T01435003345. Details of all Extended Play archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S988662182

Archive Listings

17 Dec 10
  to
31 Dec 10
The North Wall
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Performance Details => Venue archive

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