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Temps de Guerra (War Times)

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Temps de Guerra (War Times in Valencian/Catalan) is a musical piece composed against war, all wars in all times. The text makes a reference to the ancient wars in Greek mythology, in particular Aeschylus' tragedy "Seven Against Thebes". Spyros Kaniaris, the composer and writer of the piece, is a Greek based in Valencia, and part of his ancestors come from Mariupol (now Ukraine, on the Black Sea). The predominant instrument is the Lyra of Pontos (Lyra of the Black Sea), an instrument played by Greeks of the Diaspora around the Black Sea. By connecting the ancient cruel wars with the current cruelty of wars, this song is a cry against injustice, destruction, hatred and hypocrisy.

  • Blas Payri
    Director
  • Spyros Kaniaris
    Writer
  • Lorenza Di Calogero
    Key Cast
    "Dance/Performance"
  • Rafel Arnal
    Key Cast
    "Singer"
  • Spyros Kaniaris
    Key Cast
    "Lyra de Pontos"
  • Xuso Barberà
    Key Cast
    "Double Bass"
  • Aitor Sáez de Jauregui
    Key Cast
    "Percussion"
  • Spyros Kaniaris
    Composer
  • KRAMA
    Music Group
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Temps de Guerra
  • Project Type:
    Music Video
  • Runtime:
    6 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    April 17, 2022
  • Country of Origin:
    Spain
  • Country of Filming:
    Spain
  • Language:
    Catalan
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Blas Payri

Blas Payri is a sound and video artist, and has created numerous pieces of screendance, and music composition for the image. He is a professor of audiovisual communication (digital postproduction) at Universitat Politécnica de València.

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Director Statement

In my videoart and screendance works I search the connection and synergies between music and image. This is my first actual music video, where I have participated from the recording of the musicians and the dancer until the editing and the postproduction, trying to convey, with the camera framing and camera movement and with the editing, the energy and intention of the music.