VALLETTA 2018
EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE
GILGAMESH 5000 15 October 2018 Palazzo de la Salle Courtyard, Valletta
Gilgamesh 5000 is part of a three-year project focusing on the recurrence of cultural tropes in proto-Semitic and Indo-European culture, art and literature – especially the trope of the flood, that brings about the collapse of a given order into disorder. Inspired by the Akkadian Epic of Gilgamesh, Siegfried Kutterer brings his composition, ‘Gilgamesh’, to local audiences. Together with resident musicians, Kutterer – who is classically trained in the European and Carnatic traditions – explores the historical transmission of the Carnatic to the European through North Africa, while interpreting the classical and contemporary forms of its transmission within the eclectic Mediterranean context. His work is accompanied by a video inspired by Monika Beisner’s new illustrations for the Epic of Gilgamesh, a publication by Pratt Contemporary, designed and produced by Carlos Jimenez. Organised by // Maħluq minn: Malta Classics Association With the Participation of // Bil-Parteċipazzjoni ta’: Siegfried Kutterer, Monika Beisner Supported by // Bl-Appoġġ ta’: Valletta 2018
GILGAMESH 5000 15 ta’ Ottubru 2018 Fil-Bitħa tal-Palazzo de la Salle, Il-Belt Valletta
Gilgamesh 5000 huwa parti minn proġett ta’ tliet snin li jiffoka fuq ir-rikorrenza tal-figuri tat-taħdit kulturali fil-kultura, fl-arti u fil-letteratura Proto-Semitika u Indo-Ewropea – b’mod speċjali l-figuri tat-taħdit dwar l-għargħar, li jġarraf ordni partikolari u jġib id-diżordni. Imnebbaħ mill- Akkadjan Epic of Gilgamesh, Siegfried Kutterer se jwassal il-kompożizzjoni tiegħu ‘Gilgamesh’ lil udjenzi lokali. Flimkien ma’ mużiċisti residenti, Kutterer – li huwa mħarreġ b’mod
klassiku fit-tradizzjonijiet Ewropej u Karnatiċi – jesplora t-trażmissjoni storika tal-Karnatika għall-Ewropew permezz tal-Afrika ta’ Fuq, filwaqt li jinterpreta l-forom klassiċi u kontemporanji tat-trażmissjoni tagħha fi ħdan il-kuntest Mediterranju eklettiku. Ix-xogħol tiegħu ser ikun akkumpanjat b’vidjo ispirat mill-illustrazzjonijiet ġodda ta’ Monika Beisner għall-Epic of Gilgamesh, li hija pubblikazzjoni minn Pratt Contemporary, iddisinjata u prodotta minn Carlos Jimenez.