NYsferatu : Symphony of a Century
Nosferatu is one of the first film adaptations of Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula. Produced in 1922 by Friedrich W. Murnau, it is considered one of the great masterpieces of German expressionist cinema. For almost three years, Andea Mastrovito redrew each scene of this cult film, one by one, to form a contemporary fresco. He and his team produced over 35 000 drawings by hand. While in the novel the plot unfolds between London and Transylvania, Andrea Mastrovito sets it between New York and Syria, and the vampire archetype turns into that of a stranger, the outsider. NYsferatu: Symphony of a Century is screened in the dim attic of the Musée historique de Vevey and focuses on the condition of migrants in today’s world, addressing the human condition with its social and political issues of the 21st century. Over 200 original drawings are presented, scattered among the museum’s permanent collection.
