Escher Fucker present “Citrinitas” AV Live
Citrinitas – yellow, wisdom. Threshold as a boundary. Prague booming with new interest in the mystical side of natural laws and the power of human reason. An alchemist working with material substances and compounds in the physical world, as well as substances and compounds of the psyche and soul. 1648. Citrinitas, also known as xanthosis, is a term that alchemists refer to as the “yellowing” process. It is often described as the Divine Intelect. It is one of the four main stages of the alchemical process of magnum opus, where silver is converted to gold, or the so-called “yellowing of the lunar consciousness”. Escher Fucker is an audio-visual group fascinated by an analog video signal and its collisions with digital enviroment. The audiovisual performance links the principles Escher Fucker have long used in their work, such as looping audio and video feedback, using modular analogue devices, digital and analogue techniques, and working in detail with color intensity and signal blending.