EP 26 // ARIANA PAPADEMETROPOULOS
When confronted ARIANA PAPADEMETROPOULOS’ work, all belief’s suspended, showcasing the power of environments that exhibit tension between the earthly and the ethereal. Naturally, she points to the entrancing effect of film soundtracks and their ability express and capture moods and feeling. In this episode, PAPADEMETROPOULOS invites you to take a trip into the musical mythologies that assist in her blurring the lines between fantasy and fiction.
“The Flamingos’ ‘I Only Have Eyes For You,’ I think is the perfect song... I could fall in love to it, and I can also be happy about being heartbroken to it. There’s a Portuguese word for it... Saudade... it’s the bittersweetness of life... that Flamingos song has that kind of element to it where you’re kind of happy to be sad...”
Illustration by Luke Edward Hall