Comments for Vagy/Szomjusag/Thirst

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Produced by Alex Van Oss

Other pieces by FNR (Moscow, Russia)

Summary: Vagy/Szomjusag/Thirst was commissioned by the 2003 Third Coast International Audio Festival for its 'Variation on a Thirst' ShortDoc competition.
 

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Review of Vagy/Szomjusag/Thirst

One of the pieces on "thirst" commissioned by the Third Coast Festival this fall. It's a compelling, moving remembrance by a Russian man about his trip as a boy to the Siberian Gulag. For him thirst was physical torture as well as an emotional and existential nightmare.
The piece is thoughtful and engaging. I'd suggest running all of the Thirst pieces together. Together, they tell a kind of radio story.