Thursday, 5 March 2009

Late post, i want to the grand theatre and saw Chorus
"The engulfing new creation, called Chorus, will occupy the whole space with light, pendulums and a soundtrack by Mira Calix. The underside of the bridge between the Opera North Centre and the Howard Assembly Room will also be lit in a representation of the musical scale, as people cross the bridge"- leeds grand theatre
personally i thought it was brilliant, allthough i found it without explination i felt that it diddnt need one, from the moment you walked in it just had you in a trance, the scale and function was totally different from what i expected but the overwhelming effect it had upon you was remarkable. it had such a presance within the room, in both sight and sound. so well constructed and composed it seemed such a intricatly organised collection of mechanisums, light and sound, but on a grand scale. it was well worth a look, it held a lot of mystery which was great and left you quiet and mellow.
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  1. GB9 March 2009 at 10:03

    The collaboration between artists and a composer is an interesting one. What about artists and plumbers, artists and florists,artists and manicurists etc etc would this be an interesting way to foster audience development.

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  2. Una Quia11 March 2009 at 15:29

    Mira Calix is someone who seems able to deal with diverse audiences well. She works a lot with Opera North and has worked with many important Theatres, the National in London for example. She has played venues such as the Royal Albert Hall but she also performed at Evolution in Leeds last year. She has work in many music festivals globally and uses the internet for album sales, downloads and publicity. Her work crosses contemporary, experimental, classical music boundaries and is simultaneously cutting edge and popular.
    The interesting question this raises for me is if it is possible to work in this way in the visual arts. I can't think of many visual artists that can do this. Mark Wallinger for example, is both serious and popular but his work is firmly within two traditions of gallery based and public realm art.

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