Kidnapping Water: Bottled Operas  Byron Au Yong composes works that explore forced migration. One day, while visiting the bottled water section of the supermarket, he was overcome with the stories held in each plastic container. Water from Crystal Springs and Evian cried out, "We are part of something larger." Au Yong knew he had to explore human interactions with water. He decided to do this through 64 operas.
The bottled operas have a curious relationship to the 64 hexagrams of the I-Ching (Book of Changes). Each hexagram relates to an archetypal state such as conflict or peace.
With musicians, writers and choreographers, Au Yong is in the process of creating Kidnapping Water: Bottled Operas.
Performed by four opera singer/water drummer duos, these intimate works will be performed in fountains, reservoirs, pools, lakes, and other waterways throughout King County.
July/August
4Culture's Site-Specific 2008 Performance Network
August 29-31 Bumbershoot Festival of the Arts
September
Jack Straw New Media Gallery
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Composer
Byron Au Yong
Librettists
Eugenie Chan, Playwright, San Francisco
Bret Fetzer, Playwright, Seattle
Aaron Jafferis, Hip-Hop Poet, New Haven
Archana Kumar, Choreographer, Chicago
Carola Luther, Poet, Yorkshire
Caroline Murphy, Playwright, New York
Vivian Umino, Filmmaker, Los Angeles
Edisa Weeks, Choreographer, Brooklyn
Opera Singers
Emily Greenleaf
Ani Maldjian
Karl Reyes
Marcus Shelton
Water Percussionists
Stuart McLeod
Dean Moore
Benjamin Morrow
James Whetzel
Production Team
Pike Pin, Project Manager
Randy Moss, Interactive Media Artist
Emily Carlsen, Costume Designer
Eric Rockey, Videographer
Ben Kasulke, Filmmaker
Jean-Stephane, Photographer, Multimedia
Bret Fetzer, Bumbershoot Director
Support
4Culture Site-Specific Arts
Creative Capital MAP Fund Award
Jack Straw Productions
Special Thanks
Aldeburgh Music, Betsey Baeskens, Van Diep, Joan Rabinowitz, Mark Radonich, Charlie Rathbun, Bob Redmond, and more to come...
More
Info about cast, crew and upcoming performances coming July 11, 2008.
updated July 03, 2008 |