2018 Cultural Programme
Performance
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KAŻIN BAROKK 7 - 9 September 2018 Notre Dame Gate, Birgu
c. Alex Kat
In this immersive hybrid performance directed by Elli Papakonstantinou, visuals, music, text and interviews unite to form a “Baroque pastiche” that’s rife with passion, innocence, gambling and mistrust. Każin Barokk plays with many sources, including Regnard’s The Gamester, Pushkin’s The Queen of Spades and Dostoyevsky’s The Gambler. As a decadent cast of lovers, saints and sinners go about the maze-like performance, the piece becomes a soul-searching experience that invites contemporary audiences to influence its structure while exploring Valletta’s Baroque aesthetic. Collaborations with students, local artists and practitioners create a fluid connection between the Maltese Baroque tradition and contemporary society, between popular and high art. Created by // Maħluq minn: Elli Papakonstantinou, ODC Ensemble Organised by // Organizzat minn: Valletta 2018 In Collaboration with // Bil-Kollaborazzjoni tal-: the University of Malta // Università ta’ Malta
KAŻIN BAROKK 7 - 9 ta’ Settembru 2018 F’Bieb is-Sultan, il-Birgu
F’din il-prestazzjoni ibrida immersiva diretta minn Elli Papakonstantinou, viżwali, mużika, test u intervisti jingħaqdu sabiex jiffurmaw taħlita Barokka li hija mimlija passjoni, innoċenza, logħob tal-azzard u nuqqas ta’ fiduċja. Każin Barokk tmiss ħafna sorsi, inkluż The Gamester ta’ Regnard, The Queen of Spades ta’ Pushkin u The Gambler ta’ Dostoyevsky. Hekk kif kast dekadenti ta’ maħbubin, qaddisin u midinbin jimxu
fil-prestazzjoni li qisha labirint, din il-biċċa xogħol issir esperjenza ta’ tiftix fir-ruħ li tistieden udjenzi kontemporanji sabiex jinfluwenzaw l-istruttura tagħha filwaqt li jesploraw l-estetika Barokka tal-Belt Valletta. Kollaborazzjonijiet ma’ studenti, artisti u prattikanti lokali joħolqu konnessjoni flessibbli bejn it-tradizzjoni Barokka Maltija u s-soċjetà kontemporanja, bejn l-arti popolari u l-arti fina.