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

 

 

 

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

In August 2008, four pairs of singers and percussionists perform 64 Bottled Operas in rivers, lakes, fountains, and other waterways throughout the Pacific Northwest. Sometimes a photojournalist, videographer or sound recordist accompanies them. [More]

 

Creative Team
Composer Byron Au Yong

Media Artist Randy Moss

Librettists Eugenie Chan, Bret Fetzer, Aaron Jafferis, Archana Kumar, Carola Luther, Caroline Murphy, Vivian Umino, Edisa Weeks

Soprano Josie Davis

Mezzo Emily Greenleaf

Tenor Jeremiah Oliver

Bass-Baritone David Stutz
Percussionists Stuart McLeod, Dean Moore, Benjamin Morrow, James Whetzel

Project Manager Pike Pin
Audio Engineers Tom Stiles, CJ Lazenby
Costume Designer Emily Carlsen
Videographers Jean-Stephane, Eric Rockey
Research Erica Howard
Logo/CD Design Wing Fong

 

Past Performances / Support
Kidnapping Water: Bottled Operas was performed as part of 4Culture's Site-Specific Performance Network and Bumbershoot Festival of the Arts in August 2008.

An installation was at the Jack Straw New Media Gallery from September 12 to November 21, 2008.

Special thanks to support from Creative Capital’s Multi-Arts Production MAP Fund, supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation.