Ask the Frozen Lark - Andrew Evdokimov International Festival of Contemporary Music Warsaw Autumn

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The work grows out of the radical uncertainty of human existence and humanity’s attempts to interpret it. Throughout history,  people have sought signs, omens, prophecies, explanations and  predictions in order to orient themselves within a world that  never fully reveals itself.

The work reflects on states of uncertainty, anticipation and  interpretation that return across different eras, merely taking  on new forms. Ancient omens, religious revelations, philosophical systems, scientific theories, statistical models and contemporary forecasts can all be understood as different responses to  the same condition: the need to find meaning within incomplete  knowledge.

The questions remain.

Andrew Evdokimov