1984 A Cinematic Opera By Nerve
Music
Description
Description
Opera reinterpreted, a betrayal of form. Uncovering anxieties, an exchange of memories. Films depict an absent tense, while opera thrives on presence. Just as theatre can become cinema, cinema becomes the backdrop of an opera.
The installation is the telescreen. It is both the medium of transmission and the mirror of surveillance. Music is the language, the story and the will of the work. In the story, language is gradually replaced by Newspeak. Opera invents new songs and methods of singing in an act of revolt. Characters shuttle between live presence and images. Leaping back and forth between 1984 and 2014. Time and space are bound by stage and telescreen. People on stage sing along with people on screen. People from the past perform for people in the present.
Libretto：Nerve; Nadim Abbas; Rebearth
Cast：Shadow Kim
Cast in Film：Andy Ng; Wong Hin-yan
Guest Performer：Rebearth
Special Guest Performer in Film：Wong Jing
Live Musicians：Shane Aspegren (percussion); Linda Yim (piano); Wilmer Chan (Double bass / bass guitar); Rupert Woo (Erhu)
Set / Installation：Nadim Abbas
Multimedia Designer：Kingsley Ng
Film Director：Lee Kai-ho
Lighting Designer：Allen Fung
Costume Designer：Anais Mak
Info
$200
Indoor
Local
