Foto: Marc de Clercq
Julie Comparini
Contralto. Early and new music. Interdisciplinary theater projects.
News: Bauernopfer
Bauernopfer is the
German word for a gambit in chess: the voluntary surrender of a piece,
usually a pawn, with the objective of gaining an advantage or some
other benefit. In everyday language the term is a metaphor for a
sacrifice offered to attain or keep something of value.
Based on Shirley Jackson's short story The Lottery (1948), Bauernopfer
is a new experimental performance project about the meaning, origins
and validity of traditional and modern cultures of sacrifice, combining
excerpts and dramatizations from Jackson's seminal work with sound
collages, music generated from sheet metal, video footage and medieval
English crucifixion laments.
Bauernopfer is a collaborative
work-in-progress by and with Volker Hartmann-Langenfelder (sound
design, sheet metal, organic materials, visuals) and Julie Comparini
(texts and vocals). Its premiere is planned for June 2010.
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