SHOSTAKOVICH

A number of years ago (2004) when Santiago Calatrava came to lecture at the University of Washington, coincident with the opening of an exhibit of his work at the Henry Art Gallery. Fate had left me and many others plunked down in the overflow room with a terrible video and audio feed. Dejected and dizzy from the combination of slow and fast motion filming, roller coaster camera angles, and elevated CO2 levels in the room, it was hard to appreciate the screaming Shostakovitch soundtrack that had been the tortuous score for the slides and videos of Calatrava's work.
Though I remain uncertain as to the appropriateness of the score, I do now have some appreciation the intended rhythm and aspiration. Perhaps the Rachels would have been a bit more apt. -KD