11 MAY 22.00 Teater Refleksion
EXPERIMENTAL EVENING PERFORMANCE by Jagoda Szmytka (2016) 55”, Scandinavian Premiere Voila, that’s my life! is an experimental performance, exploring the connection between music and everyday life as it unfolds in modern society. Voila, that’s my life! was premiered at the French Festival d’Aix-en-Provence in 2016, and is part of the LIFE project, a three-part living composition, also including the real-life performance Everybody can be present and the Wohnbox Series video sculptures. Together with violist Stephen Upshaw and programmer and media artist Yannick Hofmann, Jagoda Szmytka creates a multi-medial universe, playfully twisting the title and musical material of American composer Morton Feldman’s ensemble piece The viola in my life. The performance opens with a manifesto and its guiding principle “Art and music are inseparable from life”, framing Jagoda Szmytka’s mission of bringing musical phenomenon and the idea of the human life together as one. This is followed by seven sections reflecting the seven days of the week, all shedding light on the different characteristics of contemporary life and the millennial generation, always on-the-go and plugged into new media. Live video and amplified sound play with space and light, immersing the audience in a unique sensory experience, turned inside out in an atmosphere that is humorous and intimate in equal measure.