11/13/14 August 2022
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Inga Levant
Die Eroberung von Mexiko, 2012
Staatstheater Saarbrücken
Foto: Bjoern Hickmann
mono opera
11/13/14 August 2022
With interdisciplinary exhibition projects, performances, an opera installation and a diverse discourse program, the series VOICE:over at Galerie Nord| Kunstverein Tiergarten presents various phenomena of the voice. The projects negotiate the spectrum of the voice as a medium within the medium itself – considering scream as well as speaking or singing.
The third project in the programme series, La Voix humaine, is a mono opera by French composer Francis Poulenc, adapted from a play by Jean Cocteau (1930), deals, for the first time in opera literature, with decoupling the human voice from the spatial reference system of singers and listeners.
What do we hear? The reality of voices, the resonance of words, the meaning of what is said? Moreover, for the first time in opera literature, this work introduces the decoupling of the human voice form the body and from the spatial reference system. In the course of the monologue the woman begins to perceive the telephone, which she at the same time implores, as a ‘terrible weapon’ and blames it for the futility of her efforts. A telephone mutates into a person and an echoless voice despairs of a universal absence – there is only silence, the apparatus remains mute. Hello, are you there? There is no answer.
Performances
Thu, 11 August, 7:30 pm
Sat, 13 August, 7:30 pm
Sun, 14 August, 6:00 pm
Galerie Nord | Kunstverein Tiergarten
Turmstraße 75, 10551 Berlin
Opening hours: Tue-Sat 12h to 19 h
free entry
We are heartbroken. Our dear colleague and friend Celia passed away unexpectedly on January 18. We are mourning her deeply and feel an immense sense of loss. As a co-founder of Artefakt Kulturkonzepte, Celia shaped the agency from its very beginning. She was not only a driving force in our work, but also a trusted partner and a wonderful person whose presence meant so much to all of us. Working alongside her was a privilege, and her warmth, commitment, and clarity will stay with us. Our thoughts and deepest sympathy are especially with her family and loved ones at this painful time. May she rest in peace. We miss her greatly.