1936. Begining of speaking movies. The childness
of the relation between sounds, voices and moving pictures. Kenji
Mizoguchi shot The sisters of the Gion in Kyoto. A story of Geishas with
12 characters.
From this movie, I just keep the sound witch inspire
the script of a new mute movie shoot in Kyoto too. This mute movie,
matix of L'expérience préhistorique, present 12 characters
with no actions, waiting for voices and stories.
Each sceening is accompany and guide by a live
commentary in movie theater. Each experiment have his own story, his own
langage and his own subjectivity.
L'expérience préhistorique
is a movie in progress. It is a film made to be no reproductible. His life
and story depends of the screening contexts.
A first version has been made in Japanese, with
the performance of the Benshi Midori Sawato in Kyoto last december 2003.
The second one was in Paris in April 2004, with
the performance of the French writer, Christophe Fiat.
The third one has been realised in Korean, with
the performance of Jeon-Seoung Hwan during the opening of the Busan Biennale
in South Korean in August 2004.
Others experiments are on preparation in Chinese,
Flemish, Italian and a musical version...
Credits
Extract of the original "Gion
sister's" by Kenji Mizoguchi, Kyoto, Japan, 1936.
Extract of "L'expérience
préhistorique" with Kenji Mizoguchi original sound version,
Kyoto, Japan, 2003.
The 12 characters