Borderline Festival 2018 | 2nd Day

Μedea Electronique | Echo and Narcissus

Dates

19-04-2018

Prices

5 — 7 €

Location

Onassis Stegi

Time & Date

Day

Time

Venue

Day

Thursday

Time

20:30

Venue

Main Stage

Information

Tickets

Onassis Stegi Friends presale: from 23 MAR 2018, 17:00
General presale: from 28 MAR 2018, 12:00
Full price: 7 €
Reduced, Onassis Stegi's Friends, Groups 5+ people, Unemployed, People with disabilities & Companions: 5 €

Group ticket reservations at groupsales@onassis.org

Duration

60 minutes

From the myth of Echo and Narcissus, which first outlined the concept of media, to the digital 21st century. Undertaking the roles of composer and librettist and inspired by these two mythological figures, live coding presents a digital opera addressing contemporary themes.

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Ovid's tale of Narcissus, who is transfixed by his own reflection, and Echo, who is condemned to wander disembodied through eternity, is staged by Medea Electronique using live coding and code poetry: the code is written in real time and generates the opera's sound as well as its libretto. Transcribing the properties of opera into its digital equivalents, the libretto is sung by live performers.

The libretto of “Echo and Narcissus” is displayed with surtitles in English as the programming language python supports only English words.

Click here to download the libretto of “Echo and Narcissus”.

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