Created collaboratively for film, prepared piano and harpsichord, Bay area filmmaker Ian Winters and composer Evelyn Ficarra (UK/US) present Rendition. Following its debut at London’s 2006 Cutting Edge Festival, where it was created for live prepared piano and harpsichord the film has shown in the Bay Area and Europe. The film is an animated window into a fractured world of two precariously balanced musical ecosystems, engaged in a struggle over resources and intelligence, where "all the things of the past rearrange themselves, line up in rows, and whatever is present is utterly and urgently present." (Rilke) Rendition was originally commissioned by Jane Chapman and Kate Ryder for their Keynote+ ensemble and is part of the upcoming Cutting Edge tour in England.

Evelyn Ficarra  studied with Jonathan Harvey and has written music for dance, theatre, film, radio and the concert hall. Her solo CD 'Frantic Mid-Atlantic' is available on the Sargasso label www.sargasso.com . She has recently taken up a fellowship at the University of California, Berkeley, where she is working towards a PhD.  www.evelynficarra.com

Ian Winters is a San Francisco Bay Area based photographer, video-maker and performer. His recent work focuses on the intersections of photography, video and performance, often as collaborations and site-specific works with musicians, composers and choreographers. He trained in photography, film and performance at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts-Boston and Tufts University. www.ianwinters.com