sans soleil: hommage à chris marker (2022)
orchestra (7′)
performance
• october 8, 2022, busan young musicians orchestra, busan, south korea
program note
french film director chris marker said the following about his film ‘sans soleil(sunless)’. when i make films, rather than presenting characters and showing their relationships, i use letters, comments, or images i create or borrow. using them, i make films as if i were composing music like a fugue by utilizing repeated themes and counterpoint. a virtual memory is created from juxtaposed memories.
his film “sans soleil” shows images of japan, which was the richest at the time, and guinea-bissau, west africa, which was the poorest country. with the poetic narration, the extreme confrontation between the two countries is repeatedly accumulated, and eventually, a certain point of unity is reached. the piece ‘sans soleil: hommage à chris marker’ was inspired by chris marker’s method of expression and the structure of the film. additionally, musical material was borrowed from the soundtrack of chris marker’s other film ‘la jetee’.