OPERA/WORKS, Cityopera Graz in 7 Acts
4th Act: THE PLOT
for 6 analog tape-players, an actress, and max. 6 visitors, 7 minutes per performance
The 4th act, The Plot, is set in the Graz opera house (where else can one still find a plot?!), but revolves around the dialectic of absolute silence and of a white noise situated between a suite of times and rooms. A ten-minute installation/performance for a maximum of six visitors. Photos: Peter Manninger
catchwords by Peter Ablinger for
4th Act (the Plot):
White
the sum of all sounds
the impossible as experience
Experience as action (explanation: german "handlung" means "action" as well as "plot")
Experience of nothing (everything) the listener/observer/'experiencer' as small ensemble on the stage of the opera house
A subtle sound and perception situation, an experience between white noise and the fulfilling silence of Nothing. The stage of the opera house is transformed into a white space situated between a suite of times and rooms, in which, for 10 minutes at a time, and at most, 6 visitors at a time, the visitor becomes him/herself an actor. "A hearing that transcends hearing." Text: Wolfgang Hofer, translated by Bill Dietz
the Opera house
a passageway situation
not to be dwelled-on too long within
the Work (Opera) as passageway itself
The Plot at the Opera Graz/Austria
Photo: Edgar Honetschläger
pdf-file, 197KB
see also:
Concert-Installations
Der Engel ("The Angel")
the 7 Acts of the Cityopera - go to:
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1st Act: THE SINGING | |
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2nd Act: THE ORCHESTRA | |
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3rd Act: THE LIBRETTO | |
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4th Act: THE PLOT | |
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5th Act: THE SET | |
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6th Act: THE SEATING | |
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7th Act: THE AUDIENCE |
Aljoscha Hofmann \ last edited 04.01.2006