A party, maybe the last party before the war: In an immersive performance space, the audience forms a community of fate together with two performers, percussionists and a choir of young women. French philosopher Simone Weil already tackled Homer’s Iliad – the original myth of violence in war – in 1940, analysing the dynamics and mechanisms of incessant warring. Her thoughts have inspired the Austrian/Brazilian/Spanish trio Brigitta Muntendorf (composition), Christiane Jatahy (director) and Rosa Montero (text), who respond to Homer’s epic with a contemporary feminist position. Enter a 3D audio setting with bone transmission headphones and live camera footage to celebrate together – on the edge of the abyss.
Distribution
Composition Brigitta Muntendorf
Direction Christiane Jatahy
Libretto Rosa Montero
Stage, lights Thomas Walgrave en collaboration avec Júlio Parente
With Sofia Jernberg, Margaux Marielle-Trehoüart, Aduni Guedes, Mädchenchor Hannover, Les Percussions de Strasbourg: François Papirer, Yi-Ping Yang, Tamara Kurkiewicz, Marius Schmidlin
Sound direction Sebastian Schottke
Programming, Live electronics Lukas Nowok
Opérateur 3D-Audio Banu Sahin
Video system Júlio Parente
Photography and live camera Paulo Camacho
Dramaturge Jana Beckmann
A joint production of the Vienna Festival (Wiener Festwochen) Free Republic of Vienna and the Kunstfestspiele Herrenhausen
⏰ Show at 19h30 (sold out) and 21h.
🎫 Info and tickets here.