a theatrical ecology (2024)
for soprano, spoken voice, double bass, bass recorder, electronics (4 channel distribution)
Performers:
Juliet Fraser, vocalist
Elie Halonen, Shibari artist
Satu Hakamäki, dance
Pia Palme, bass recorder+text performance
Margarethe Maierhofer-Lischka, double bass
Christina Bauer, sound design
Lisa Horvath, external eye + dialogist
Osvaldo Alvarez, lighting
Duration 1 hour
Music composed/developed/improvised by Pia Palme, Juliet Fraser, Margarethe Maierhhofer-Lischka
Texts written/improvised by Pia Palme
Costume idea/realisation by Elie Halonen
Performed 5 June 2024, 20:00 @SOHO STUDIOS Vienna
Presented as part of the festival MUSIC AFTER NATURE
The piece including the music, scores, texts and storyboard was developed and put together in a longer collective process by Satu Hakamäki, Elie Halonen, Juliet Fraser and Pia Palme. Music was composed/developed/improvised by Pia Palme, Juliet Fraser and Margarethe Maierhofer-Lischka. Texts (written and improvised) by Pia Palme. Lisa Horvath accompanied the staging process and light design, acting as external eye for the performers during rehearsals.
Produced in cooperation with the ISCM International Society of Contemporary Music Austria. The artists further appreciate the financial support of the BMKÖS Bundesministerium für Kunst, Kultur, öffentlichen Dienst und Sport, of the Cultural Department of the City of Vienna (Kulturabteilung der Stadt Wien), and of the SKE Fund of the austro mechana for their creative and compositional process, and the EU Mobility Fund for supporting the travels necessary during their creative and compositional process.
Fotos by Elisabeth Flunger and Pia Palme
