The Bond
2010: 3 minutes 13 seconds, movie accompanied by singing
Photos taken of a particular scene are arranged into a stop motion animation accompanied by the following Hungarian folk song performed by me.
The Bond from Edit Olah on Vimeo.
The Hungarian folk song that is used as a voice over for this moving image is a tune was collected and recorded by Zoltán Kodály (a Hungarian composer and ethnomusicologist). It is about being in exile in your own country, hiding from the foreign rulers who conquered the homeland.
Photo by Kate Hajdu
Kodály, Zoltán (1882-1967): Esti dal (Evening Song) 1938
Translated lyrics:
Evening darkness overtook me near the woods;
I folded my coat undermy head,
I put my hands together
This is how I asked mygood Lord:
My Lord, give me a placeto sleep,
I am weary withwandering,
With walking around andhiding,
With living on foreignland.
May Lord give a goodnight,
May he send us his holyangel,
May he encourage ourhearts' dreams,
May he give us a goodnight.
