I was invited by very gifted director Maciej Puczyński to record the sound of absolutely unique and incredibly beatiful event that was a part of integrational actions for people in Masurian Lake Disctrict in Poland. The girls sing songs to commemorate a tragic story of a wedding on an island, when people coming back drowned in the lake.
The action was staged by Alicja Ruczko with Albedo Group for the local villigers, on who's memories various actions are based. It is part of Ryszard Michalski's "Tratwa" Association project for integration of the society in the region. The actual footage is a part of an ongoing documentary production showing the presence of complicated history of the Masurian area in people's present lives.
There's also a lot of interviews with the villagers in OMProductions' hard drives archives part of which I was also recording as a soundman. However, if you're able to read in Polish, you can find the stories collected on Cells of Memory (Ogniwa Pamięci) website.
Here is short film edited from that material but we have shot and recorded whole event which is like a folk opera on the water. Hopefully we will put out entire event somehow in the future as a video or audio. Enjoy!
Cells of Memory from Maciej Puczyński on Vimeo.
Directed and edited by: Maciej Puczynski
Cinematographers: Maciej Puczynski, Maciej Długaj
Sound: Pawel Przezwański
Canon EOS 5D MkII mixed with Sony Z7 + Letus.
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