Simply stunning, Fescal’s miniatures raise maximum goosebumps.
South Korean multimedia artist Fescal has been inspired by two poems by Alexander Pushkin in the creation of two, ten-minute tape pieces remindful of warm colloquy deep in the midst of a cold, Muscovy winter. The phased briskness of “Winter Morning” wells up like church bells pealing overtop primeval forest, bugling across the surface of the “snow below the bluish skies, like a majestic carpet,” reaching the ears of distant, isolated homesteads where they’re gathering kindling to start a fire in the family hearth.
As befits the night, “Winter Evening” is more spectral in tone, as if being conducted by the billowing drapes of the Northern Lights, though the poem describes a blizzard pounding at the window latches. Despite their delicacy, both have the rough hewn texture of the thatched roofed hut in which Pushkin sat, evoked by the low fidelity of his machinery. Simply stunning, Fescal’s miniatures raise maximum goosebumps.
Two Winters is available on Dronarivm.
