"Visual Art Songs for the 80’s"
Performance video about a holiday romance at St Ives, Cornwall.
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Marty St. James
Anne Wilson
These are the whispers of the last time two best friends were together one afternoon on the rooftop.
Makulatura [which means both scrap paper and pulp fiction in Russian] is a duo of poets Evgeniy Alyokhin and Konstantin Speransky, who have been performing together since 2003. Blending classic literature references, mind-bending introspection, musings on modern love and an ironic attitude to their act, they create what faithful fans and listeners call “existential rap.” The film follows Makulatura on tour through several Russian cities.
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