Rust of Reverence (2025) is a multimedia work by Andrew Evdokimov, approximately 54 minutes long. It is written for flute, viola, cello, bass clarinet, live electronics, fixed electronics, and video, conceived for quadraphonic diffusion.

The piece deals with cultural fragility and the erosion of memory, and with how traditions survive when they are forced to hide, fragment, or change shape. It draws on Belarusian folk songs and archival instrumental material, used as source material rather than quotation. The electronics heavily transform these sources, so the originals remain only as faint traces within the sound.

Live electronics work with the ensemble in real time, reshaping the texture and the spatial perspective. The video uses transformed documentary imagery connected to traditional rituals and dance practices. Rust of Reverence is structured as 13 sections and approaches tradition as something unstable, partial, and constantly re-formed. The work was premiered in Warsaw in 2025 at Hashtag Lab by Hashtag Ensemble.

Andrew Evdokimov is a composer and sound artist based in Warsaw. He focuses on electroacoustic and multimedia composition, live electronics, and fixed media. His practice includes multichannel and spatial sound, with projects for concerts, installations, and audiovisual contexts. He often uses recorded and documentary sound, transforming it through digital processing. Alongside concert works, he composes and designs sound for theatre and performance productions.

Hashtag Ensemble is a Warsaw-based contemporary music collective founded in 2013. Organized as a cooperative, the ensemble performs contemporary repertoire, improvisation, and interdisciplinary projects. Its line-ups change depending on the project, from small chamber groups to larger ensembles. Hashtag Ensemble performs at Polish and international new music festivals and collaborates with composers in Poland and abroad.

The group presents both repertoire-based and improvised programs and has released several studio albums. It also commissions and produces new works and runs educational projects.

In 2023, with support from the City of Warsaw, the ensemble opened Hashtag Lab Contemporary Music Space, a permanent venue for new music in Warsaw.

Andrew Evdokimov links
Hashtag Ensemble website