Byron Au Yong

Kidnapping Water: Bottled Operas is a site-responsive work available as Waterway Performances and a Sound/Light Installation.

In Summer 2008, four pairs of hiking singers and percussionists perform 64 Bottled Operas in rivers, lakes, fountains, and other waterways throughout the Pacific Northwest.

The 64 musical miniatures were performed as part of the Site-Specific Performance Network and the Bumbershoot Festival of the Arts in Summer 2008. The sound-light installation was exhibited at the Jack Straw New Media Gallery in Autumn 2008. Additionally, an excerpt was performed at Town Hall Seattle in May 2010.

Kidnapping Water: Bottled Operas was created with support from 4Culture, the Jack Straw Foundation, and the Multi-Arts Production (MAP) Fund, supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation.

Josie Davis, Emily Greenleaf, Jeremiah Oliver, David Stutz (hiking singers)
Stuart McLeod, Dean Moore, Benjamin Morrow, James Whetzel (water percussionists)

Pike Pin (project manager)
Tom Stiles, CJ Lazenby (audio engineers)
Emily Carlsen (costume designer)
Jean-Stephane, Eric Rockey (videographers)
Wing Fong (logo/cd design)

PRESS QUOTES
"... exquisite darkness... whimsical lines... captivating experience." The Stranger