Tatiana graduated with a Doctor of Creative Arts, UTS 2006, with BLACK BOX http://www.strangecities.net a digital documentary exploring musical forms: Russian jazz from Shanghai, Greek rembetika blues, and classical Hindustani music and dance. Tatiana currently manages Musica Viva Australia’s online. Tatiana’s academic and professional experience encompasses film and digital media. Her work has been exhibited inter/nationally at conferences and film and media festivals in countries including the US, France, Italy, Greece, Australia, Thailand, UK, China, Japan, Brazil, & Russia. Her creative research explores the intersection of digital film, interactive multimedia, digital sound and new forms of story-telling, and she has taught across a range of disciplines at various institutions. Tatiana’s recent research has been published as a book BLACKBOX: Painting A Digital Picture of Documented Memory, VDM Verlag, Germany, 2009 and an online documentary project about Shanghai with Professor Andrew Jakubowicz, The Menorah of Fang Bang Lu published online with Trans/Forming Cultures research centre (UTS). She collaborated with filmmaker Geoffrey Weary on Scenes From A Shanghai Hotel (2005) and Strange Cities (2000) which was produced in association with Screen Australia (AFC) which was the recipient of an AIMIA , ATOM Award & Honourable Mention, International Festival of Cinema & Technology, LA, USA, 2008.
STRANGE CITIES
Painting A Digital Picture of Documented Memory
Hi Tatiana
I came across your very interesting blog while researching White Russian emigres in China. I have a similar background to yours except that my parents lived in Hong Kong till my father retired in the mid-70s.
He was also a musician in Shanghai, Harbin, etc, and I’m sure would have known your grandfather but, as both my parents are no longer with us, I can’t ask. However I did find a document from St Nicholas Church in Shanghai about my father dated 1933 which has Victor Romanoff and Boris Ermoliaeff as witnesses.
I was just wondering if Boris was a brother or cousin to your grandfather?
Cheers
Nona
Thank you for making contact! I am not sure? Perhaps a cousin. Serge Snr & Jr were only child! T x
Hi Nona! Thank you for making contact. Yes Andrew Field is a close colleague 7 friend of mine. I gave him permission to profile Sergei Ermolaeff (Serge Ermoll Snr) in his book – which is an invaluable legacy. I am definitely a big fan. Regarding the FB page this is excellent & I have requested to join group. Please stay in touch. Best Tatiana x
Hi Tatiana,
Your website is fascinating! In your Jazz research in Shanghai, did you come across any photos or information about African American Jazz performers? I’m trying to find photos and documents about African Americans in Shanghai. Looking forward to hearing from you. Thanks, Yvonne
Hi Yvonne
Thank you for your comments (!) It is always good to get feedback. What is your research project.
I have some references to Buck Clayton – but no original material unfortunately. Have you got a blog/website ? Best Wishes Tatiana
Tatiana … I contacted you a while ago about Boris Ermoliaeff, who knew my father. I was just trying to find out if I could find more information about the nightclubs in Shanghai in the 1930s and found this book on Google Books “Shanghai’s dancing world: cabaret culture and urban politics, 1919-1954″ by Andrew Field.
I was hunting through the text when I found a reference to your grandfather on page 103
http://books.google.com/books?id=T6LRZylYgQgC&pg=PA88&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=3#v=onepage&q&f=false
I hope you can see the link properly
By the way, *if* you are interested, an old HK friend of mine has started a Facebook group called “Family and Friends from Shanghai and Hong Kong” and I am putting some pictures up of my parents from the 1930s there, including some of my father in his orchestra.
http://www.facebook.com/groups/245100742196951/
Regards
Nona