Rumours About Angels

Rumours About Angels II Birth Process is a cycle of thirteen paintings depicting birth process of an angel. Technique used in the works production might be defined as electronic collage (combination of digital photography, animation, traditional painting and drawing techniques combined together with the help of the computer).
However, exceptionality of the undertaking bears not only on its graphic side – the integral part of the Rumours About Angels project is the music, composed particularly for the occasion, serving as the unique setting for the works.
It took several months for the compositions and paintings to have come into existence, while the idea has emerged for years.
February 2000 - Jaros³aw Kubicki, using traditional photographies and digital solutions, produces six works of angels and displays them on the website www.angels.iq.pl. The project has been created as the obligatory work during the studies in the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk is being signed.
June 2002 - Kubicki i Hervy, informally friends, arrive at a decision on the continuation of the Rumours About Angels series. It becomes clear, that the second part will depict the birth cycle (instead of few unrelated works). Linking up the contrasts is the idea that lies behind the authors’ motivation – binding traditional painting and digital tooling techniques, ambient music and noise fragments. Such work not only does require time but also reasonable executive solutions.
November 2002 – Rumours About Angels II first attempt – setting up the time of the premiere - March 2003. Preliminary agreement concerning the exhibition in Warsaw. Unexpectedly, other artistic challenge appears – Zdzis³aw Beksinski is being signed.
Few years must have passed so as to come back to the still lively concept.
June 2004 – the decision on beginning of the work on Rumours About Angels II Birth Process finally has been made.
25th of September 2004 - Jaros³aw Kubicki comes into the studio with a model and pictures used in the production of the works are being taken.
1st of October 2004 – first, crude electronic composition of the Birth Process cycle comes into existence.
5th of October 2004 – works on the first painting from the cycle come to an end.
1st of November 2004 – Oliwia Piotrowska joins the team as a manager of the project. Taking of a resolution on Premiere Exhibition – few days later an agreement on rendering the access to the St. John’s Church in Gda..sk is being signed.
8th of November 2004 - Valdemar Plusa, fascinated with the first works from the cycle, becomes an Honourable Patron of the Project. Beginning of the preparatory work on the Canadian exhibition.
Turn of 2004/2005 – intensive creative and organizational work. The project obtains patronages of major Polish media. Further paintings and music compositions are being produced. Preparatory work on the website and multimedia presentation.
29th of November 2004 – first trailer of Rumours About Angels II Birth Process available in the internet.
26th of January 2005 – following version of the trailer
2nd of March 2005 - opening of the Rumours About Angels website
VIDEOS
- Rumours Abous Angels - visual trailer -
- Rumours About Angels - LIVE IN CHURCH - (fan bootleg recording)