Hermes

Promo for a mobile phone opera in four acts. http://www.startnext.de/hermes

"I'm sitting in the train. Where are you?" Everyone has a mobile phone these days and what was once a conversation in closed rooms is nowadays happening in the public sphere. The mindless phone monologues in busses and trains have irritated me for years. A few months ago I began to write them down -- two notebooks have already been filled. This is the basis for the libretto of an opera performed by tiny singing robots: two soloists and a choir. For the setting to music I will collaborate with a professional composer.

The title is derived from Hermes, the god of elocution. The mobile phone conversations will be arranged around general concepts like secret, sex, guilt, betrayal. In these four acts the I stage the recorded conversations and transform everyday life into artistic action.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• robot
• mobile phone
• opera
• jeron