press and testimonials
for the work of Amelia Kosminsky
Review: San Diego Symphony closes its season in spectacular fashion,Christian Hertzog,
The San Diego Union-Tribune
CEO Martha Gilmer and the Symphony’s creative consultant, Gerard McBurney, have done fine things in the past with projections, but they hit their highest note yet with the videos that accompanied the music that evening. Video artist Amelia Kosminsky created slowly changing images derived from still photos that wonderfully complemented the music. In Fauré’s Suite from “Pelléas et Mélisande,” a forest shimmered above the “Prélude” and church-like ruins accompanied “The Death of Melisande.”
Julia Deli, Buzz Magazine, Freedom to Roam
‘Fourteen diverse pieces made up the programme, with kaleidoscopic visuals from Amelia Kosminsky. Her haunting, collaged, multifoiled images of wilderness and migration are flooded with intense colour, like watching handpainted slide film in a moving mosaic.’
Freedom to Roam Review, ArtsCulture
‘There’s also a stunning moving backdrop to this incredible live music, created by videographer Amelia Kosminsky. An emotional rollercoaster. An evening to be remembered, An epic experience and absolutely amazing. Stunning film and music. Reminded me of what it is to be human.’
Andrew Brown, The Southport Visitor, The Whisper Review
‘Amelia’s mesmerising artwork that projects magic and wonder’
Sefton Council, The Whisper,
‘The Whisper display takes place at Bootle Canalside event space. Here artist Amelia Kosminsky transforms buildings into vast dreamlike canvases of video art.’
Eliza Marshall, Founder of Freedom to Roam
‘Amelia is an exceptional creative, with impeccable attention to detail, and stunning visions. I am proud to have her artwork as an integral part of this project, and very much hope we will work together on numerous productions in the future.’
Erica Jeal, Hungariana Review, Guardian, 4th february 2019
‘The visuals were courtesy of Amelia Kosminsky, who had harvested an archive of Hungarian amateur photography and whose black-and-white overlaid images merged and shifted on the screen overhead like well- thumbed postcards of quotidian life. From scenes of nature and peasant farmwork during Bartók’s 14 piano Bagatelles to urban nightscapes in Ligeti’s first string quartet, Métamorphoses Nocturnes, these provided new contexts.’
Gerard McBurney, Composer, arranger, teacher and writer
‘Amelia Kosminsky is a remarkable artist and I very much hope that I will have the chance to work with her again.’
Lee Reynolds, The Individual Heart review, Conductor, London Symphony Orchestra
…’stunning, imperceptibly-shape-shifting visual art by Amelia Kosminsky’
Orit Azaz, independent artistic director, facilitator and creative thinker
“Amelia is an exceptionally interesting artist, seeking to express and share the unique insights and perspective shaped by her challenging health experiences through light and projection. She is curious and open to new contexts.”
Kate Harvey, Senior Producer at Artichoke
“Artichoke commissioned Amelia to create Celestial Brainstorm for the Lumiere in 2019. Amelia presented a very strong idea with a clear artistic vision and collaborated with an experienced multi-disciplined technical team to bring her work to life. The beautiful finished sculpture was very true to the original render and became one of the most popular and most photographed pieces in the festival.”
Darren Johnston, Choreographer, Sound and Visual Artist
‘Amelia is a very sensitive and creative artist who shows excellent potential in both image creation and also production management. As all highly creative individuals she is sensitive and considerate. She has the potential to be an excellent artist and video practitioner and I would like to see her develop her unique voice.’