Karussell gen Osten and Music Ornamented with Trophies
Painting, music score, artist book and poem - 2009

This work references the collage painting Karussell gen Osten, created by E. Lotti Astolfi in 2009 - then using the pseudonym of Irina von Brota. The artist composed a music score, a poem and an artist book as a way of entering the concept and the narrative structure of the painting through a non linear and interdisciplinary map.

Central elements of the project are 26 characters that shape the painted landscape, such as It’s Good Meat, The Hooligan Faun, One of the Four Winds, The Departure, which appear and are listed inside the book.

The poem acts as a narrative voice, like a chorus commenting on the scene. The powerful music merges classical and electronic elements and was composed by E. Lotti Astolfi while creating the painting. The soundtrack is divided into three acts and accompanies the non linear visual experience of the book and the painting.

The project has been developed further with the production of 26 individual prints of the painting’s characters and an interactive DVD presentation of the artist book.

Text, images, music, production Elena Lotti Astolfi aka Irina von brota © 2009