concept Paola Bianchi (I), Ivan Fantini (I), Pia Palme (A), Electric Indigo (A)
direction and coreography Paola Bianchi
composition for baritono solo, 3 female voices and contrabass flute Pia Palme
composition for computer and 10 speakers Electric Indigo
text Anne Waldman (USA), Pia Palme, Ivan Fantini
installation Ivan Fantini
light design Paolo Pollo Rodighiero (I)
space design Pia Palme, Paola Bianchi, Ivan Fantini
sound design Christina Bauer (A)
with Paola Bianchi, Pia Palme, Electric Indigo
voices Bartolo Musil, Eva Kumpfmuller, Johanna von der Deken, Anna Hauf
organization Caroline Profanter
photography Markus Gradwohl
coproduction Suono, KosmosTheaterwith agar, MA 7 Kulturabteilung der Stadt Wien, bmukk Bundesministerium fur Unterricht, Kunst und Kultur, Erste Bank
ABSTRIAL is radical contemporary opera with maximum transparency, an ephemeral presentation of imperturbably continuing processes. Ivan Fantini's installation made of bread dough and glasses constitutes the ideational axis for the performances of Paola Bianchi, the two composers who play live, and the vocalists. Guiding themes are the disintegration of quotidian values, meanings and fabrics, and consequently arising structures re-composed by the artists. The gradually changing installation resulting in falling glasses join with Anne Waldman's text to create structure and rhythm ruling decomposition and reorganization. ABSTRIAL connects the material level directly to contemporary composition, electronic music and text. The made-up word ABSTRIAL is consequently a composite of "abstraction" and "material".
paolabianchi.com
ivanfantini.blogspot.com
indigo-inc.at/electrici.html
piapalme.at
annewaldman.org
paolopollorodighiero.it
bartolomusil.com
annaclarehauf.at
styriarte.com/content/view/full/3159
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