The inexhaustible metaphorical strenght of Ovid’s metamorphoses reflects up to the present day. Echo, only able to repeat the roughly or carefully predigested in a fragmentary and inattentive manner, dematerializes at long last, floating around aimlessly. Likewise, the selfie-addicted exhibisionist in the virtual cobweb too often meets a tragic fate. Ultimate mutations.
In this performance Ovid’s compelling verses underpin the graphical discourse. Josse de Pauw narrates the myth of Echo and Narcissus. Meanwhile the ink drawings, sprouting rhythmically from the paintbrush of artist/performer Koenraad Tinel are projected on a large screen. They vividly dialogue with the sounds emanating from Frederik Neyrinck.
Live interactions continuously generate new transfigurations …
Concept
Koenraad Tinel, Josse de Pauw
Text
based on the story of Narcissus (from Ovidius' Metamorfoses)
Text adaptation
Josse de Pauw
Composition
Frederik Neyrinck (°1985)
Performed by
SPECTRA
Sopraan, Lieselot De Wilde
Production
SPECTRA and LOD muziektheater
Coproduction
Concertgebouw Brugge
with the support of the Tax Shelter measure of the Belgian federal government.