Elaine Artemieff
Welcome to my website! Through the pages, you can discover my own universe shown by stories, digital film, and stop motion animations.
The Final Trill
"One night, in the year 1713 I dreamed I had made a pact with the devil for my soul. Everything went as I wished: my new servant anticipated my every desire. Among other things, I gave him my violin to see if he could play. How great was my astonishment on hearing a sonata so wonderful and so beautiful, played with such great art and intelligence, as I had never even conceived in my boldest flights of fantasy. I felt enraptured, transported, enchanted: my breath failed me, and I awoke. I immediately grasped my violin in order to retain, in part at least, the impression of my dream. In vain! (...) That which so moved me is so great that I would have destroyed my instrument and have said farewell to music forever if it had been possible for me to live without the enjoyment it affords me."
- Giuseppe Tartini
The following is a short stop motion is a remake of Tartini's dream. An old musician encounters the Devil as he sleeps. The Devil plays him it's beautiful melody and transports him else where.