Sebastian im Traum (′′ Sebastian in a Dream ′′) is a video art inspired by the eponymous poem by Georg Trakl and the figure of Theodore Kurentzis

 Sebastian im Traum (′′ Sebastian in a Dream ′′) is a video art inspired by the eponymous poem by Georg Trakl and the figure of Theodore Kurentzis. The reason to create this project was the launch of a new perfume Frog Skin Parfum together with fashion brand Utopia Lab.

Directed by Anna Guseva:

- It was an important project where there was a task to create an allusion to high poetry in the context of a video game for perfume, which such skilled authors worked on. The hero of Trakl is dead by his own will. This thought has become a starting point for me to create images and find rhythms. He deliberately closes himself from the light and, to some extent, enjoys the exquisite form of fatalism bordering hopelessness in which the only glimpse of true love is the love of the divine, which maybe once in a lifetime ".. will quietly appear in the form of pink An angel ".

Creators of perfume and object art:

Theodore Kurentzis - conductor, poet, creator and artistic director of musicAeterna

Denis Milovanov is a conceptualist sculptor carrying traditional Russian woodworking techniques into the form of art objects. His bronze blocks are the first visual layer of Sebastian im Traum.

Frog Skin Parfum is an independent project that talks about the sensations of perfumery language. We release fragrances with strictly limited edition and choose unique places to meet them.

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Sebastian im Traum (Sebastian in Dream) is a video-art, inspiration for which came from the poem with the same name by Georg Trakl and the figure of Teodor Currentzis, author of MusicAeterna, a pilgrim of avant-garde and a conductor. This project was aligned with the Frog Skin Parfum fragrance launch in collaboration with Utopia Lab fashion brand.

Anna Guseva, Director:

— It was a project of utmost importance where we tried to create an allusion to high poetry in video form for a fragrance developed by masters with such exquisite skills. Trakl’s hero is dead on his own will. That concept allowed me to find the right rhythm and to translate my vision. Hero is deliberately fleeing from light. He’s pleased to some extent with the elegancy of fatalism, which is turning into a sense of despair. In this bottomless abyss the only light, the only veritable thing is the divine love. And maybe once in the lifetime “…rosy angel appeared to that boy”.

Creators of Fragrance and Art Object:

Teodor Currentzis – a conductor, a poet, a Founder and Artistic Director of the musicAeterna

Denis Milovanov – a conceptual artist who transforms traditional Russian woodwork principles in the form of art objects. His bronze blocks are the first visual layer of Sebastian in Traum.

Frog Skin Parfum – independent project about the senses expressed in language of perfumery. We produce limited-edition fragrances ex clusively and choose only the most peculiar places to get acquainted with them.

Director Anna Guseva @guseva_director

First AD Sofia Kulakova @sonya_gorgonzola_

Director of Photography Leonid Kim @leonidkalin

Art Director Julia Orlova @j.orlv

Edit Nikita Kuhn @wildkuhn

Ghostwriter Vera Jigalova @vera.jigalova

Production OGONÖK @ogonok.pro

Executive Producer Taya Komarova @tayaprod

Line Producers Sergei Golovin @golovin_s_a Vadim Sheyanov @vadim_sheyanov

Actor Vladimir Pronichev @iampronichev

Choreographer Pauline Dreiden @tinetelo

Super 8 Camera Alexander Silantyev @silan.prod

Steadicam Dmitry Bobko @ahuensky

Drone Pilot Igor Verevkin @punk_offf

1st AC Pavel Smoliakov @pavl33q

1st AC Kirill Matveev @matveev.krl

Playback Ivan Sudilovsky @vanikenskiy

Gaffer Alexey Konyshev @alexey_konyshev

Electrician Ilya Terzin @ilyabezil

Assistants of Producers Artem Litvinenko @litva1 Arthur Bakhtin @godboichxrt Anastasia Barmina @barmina_a Olya Shipsha @olyashipsha

Assistants of Production Designer Daniel Gutan @danya_gutan Anastasia Veber @cinemacore.veber @nava_make.up.artist

Crudu @razbil_litso Tatiana Tandja @tatianatandja

Costume Designer Anna Menshikova @this_is_annushka

Make-up Artist Sofia Ivanova @sofia_iva

Make-up Artist (Special Effects) Streltsova Varnava @varnava.streltsova

Color Viktor Malygin @viktormalygin

Video artist Roman Kholodenko @holodenko_r

Sound design QB SOUND @qbsoundstudio Anton Efimov @antefimov, Andrew Philippov

Music Brotherhood of the drone ′′ Penthesilea ′′

Backstage Photographers Alexey Kostromin @kostromin Dmitry Kolesov @dmitrykolesov Daniil Gutan @danya_gutan

Fashion Curator of Teodor Currentzis Kristina Galko @mirumiiir

Assistant of Teodor Currentzis Daria Zhivotova @ konki115

Casting Director Svetlana Mart @svetlanamart

Backstage photographer Alexander Silantyev @silan.prod

MusicAeterna

https://vimeo.com/599685909