grischa lichtenberger
ostranenie

»ostranenie« is a collection of digitally manipulated, impressionistic piano miniatures – each named after blockbuster films and TV series. improvised late at night as a reaction against passive media consumption, these pieces function as both homage and critique, navigating the space between classical impressionism and contemporary digital manipulation. they don’t just deconstruct traditional piano expression; they interrogate the emotional stakes of sound in an era where immersion culture flattens meaning and algorithmic logic erodes agency.
the album’s title references the russian formalist viktor shklovsky’s concept of “ostranenie” (estrangement/defamiliarization), a term he introduced in the early 1920s to describe art’s role in resisting the indifference of habitual perception.