Barcelona
A film by Hazuan Hashim and Phil Maxwell
Music by Lola Perrin

World premier
Berlin, 29/01/06.

London premier
22/04/06; Purcell Room.

Following swiftly on from their critically acclaimed and continuing collaboration with Michael Nyman, Hazuan Hashim and Phil Maxwell have collaborated with Lola Perrin on a 7 minute film shot in a few hours in Barcelona in 2005. Following its successful world premier in Berlin in January the piece, composed for 6 pianos, receives its UK premier at the South Bank Purcell Room in April.

Unusually, the film consists of thousands of stills shot by Phil Maxwell woven into an intricate pattern by Hazuan Hashim to compliment Lola’s amazing composition. Street life, graffiti, old and new architecture are poured out of the screen with a rhythm that anticipates and provokes the urgent movement of a minimalist team of excited pianos. Beginning in the street and ending in the clouds, this is a piece intended to blur the boundaries between still and moving photography.

Lola Perrin has made a huge impact across Europe; she plays with stunning film projections, some created by the Gray Circle (who designed the visuals for Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials at the National Theatre), others inspired by Edward Hopper's paintings. This is her first South Bank Centre concert and it marks the release of her album Fragile Light.