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
| 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...
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Info about cast, crew and upcoming performances coming July 11, 2008.
updated July 03, 2008 |