Telemarkskanalen

Photos of the Telemark Canal which were projected and processed by lighting designer Tord Knudsen during a live performance. I also shot the video and recorded the audio.

From Terje Evensen:

The Telemark Canal – a musical tribute to the Telemark canal The Telemark canal was incredibly important historically, and also had a great impact on the town Skien, and Telemark county in general. That’s why I made, as an homage, a composition, a soundscape, inspired by the history and my impressions of the canal’s surroundings.

The entire composition is based on recordings made in situ of the locks at the village of Løveid and various locations along the canal. So all the electronic noises you hear have their origin in those in situ recordings; No additional synth or drum machine is used. Even the melodies were given to me by the water, when I began to process the recordings.