Potentials of other, intermediary art forms resulting
from basic forms synthesis have
been also checked this being continuation of first steps in
the
direction made by Russian art synthetic art pioneers (A. Scriabin,
V. Baranoff-Rossine , G. G. Gidoni - in light-music, L. Theremin -
in
electronic music, A. Dymschitz
- in spatial music,
V. Tatlin, G. Klutzis, N. Voinov - in abstract films, R. Zaripov
- in
cybernetic music and so on). Our studio had begun its
activity
with experiments in the light-music field , the first one
being
performance of "Prometei" by Scriabin with light
accompaniment.
The sphere of interests of our team have spread then onto
many
other fields of audio-visual synthesis
being assimilated in
"battle reconnaissance" style by our
studio, with constant
broadening of springboard on the territory of the
future (all
fields of our activity are emphasized by capitals in our
text.
Please, single them out with italics in catalogue ).
One knows that Scriabin, being the advocate of the
idea of a
universal All art, he planned to include in
his hypothetical
Misteria, did not not limit himself to creating
"prometheus"
version of "light symphony". He dreamed
of extending his
synaesthetic ideas and thought about fantastic forms of
unifying
music, light, word, gesture, and architecture. We also have
not
limited ourselves to light-music though
reality amended
unrestrained "aesthetical futurology" of Scriabin.
However that may be we realized as the result:
- first in our country large scale LIGHT CONCERTS in
1962-1970,
("Prometei" by Scriabin, our own visual
interpretations of
musical pieces by Rimski-Korsakov, Musorgski,
Stravinski,
Yarullin, Bulez and al.);
- first abstract LIGHT MUSICAL FILMS ("Prometei", 1965;
"Eternal
movement", 1969; "Little triptych", 1975; "Space sonata",
1981
- set on music by Scriabin, Vareze, Sviridov), number
of them
being combined with electronic music.
- the first in USSR PLAIN AIR PERFORMANCE "Son et Lumiere" , 1970
(this is amazing theatre featuring dynamic stereo sound
- the
one without actors);
- first performances of "SPATIAL MUSIC" and STEREO RADIOTHEATER
with free sound movement around the demonstration hall (1974).
The possibility was practically checked of new media-
dynamic
light, and electronics - introducing
in other spheres of
artistical activity: in ARCHITECTURE ("Mellow chime" installation
in Kazan Kremlin ,1967, being the
realization of Russian
metaphor (In Russia adjective "crimson" is used for designating
both of color and of this kind of chime); dynamical
lightning
set, influenced by weather state, installed in
Kazan circus,
1968; series of light dynamical stained glasses - in "Tatarstan"
hotel, 1968; in planetarium, 1970; in our university
museum,
1982); in DESIGN (lot of versions of our automatic psychedelic
light musical installations "Idel", "Yalkyn", "Color", "Electronic
artist", "Kaleidofon", "Disco"). All this art forms relate to the
KI- NETIC ART, LUMIDYNAMICS, in accordance
with the settled
terminology. Some of our ideas was realized in adjoining spheres
of "FUNCTIONAL LIGHT-MUSIC", teilorism, engineering
and space
psychology (light musical indicators of "human being - machine"
system state, creating of controlled audio-visual environment
in
relaxation rooms, in intensive training classrooms).
It was in 1979 that "Prometheus"
design office got the
possibility to demonstrate all the variety of his experiments
in
its light music hall associated with Kazan Youth Center, this hall
being visited annually by 4-5 thousand visitors. The
hall was
also the place where annual All-Union "Prometheus readings" were
held. The hall had been destroyed by "new Russians",
reviving
capitalism, in 1991. Now it is reconstructed
in one of our
university buildings. The most significant forum of the type
was
the All-Union festival "Light and Music" with 500 participants.
It was dedicated to 25 anniversary of our studio (1987).
Light concert program "Time, ahead!"
(music by Sviridov),
"Dark flame" (music by Scrabin), "Bolero" (music
by M. Ravel)
created to the "Festival of light" had been preserved as
legacy
of the "light festival" and are constantly demonstrated
in the
hall. The premiere of "Snow-Maiden" opera by N. A. Rimski-Korsakov
with elements of ligtmusical decoration was
performed within
festival days this play then being performed with
success by
Kazan Opera and Ballet theatre several
years after the
festival. The electronic devices memory stores also the
special
"spatial sound" program ( including such pieces as
"Electronic
symphony" by S. Belimov, "Flowing of instants" by L. Blinov)
and
stereo radiotheater pieces ( the most interesting being "
Birth
of music" and dialogue between "live" Hamlet and "invisible"
ghost
of his father). Results of long-term experiments " Children draw
music" ( so called "MUSICAL GRAPHICS") are demonstrated from time
to time in Kazan.