Portfolio of recordings
Inspired by the remarkable novel of metaphors by Italo Calvino this project opens up the conversation about what a city can represent, how it affects us, but also how we and our artistic output affects it. How do cities reflect our lives and can they mirror inner features of human beings?
With Calvino, cities transform into living organisms at the boundary between reality and imagination, they transcend into metaphorical expression much as Kublai Kahn illustrates by using a chessboard and its pieces to recreate the cities Marco Polo explains to him.
Like Marco Polo and Kublai Kahn we aim to create a dialog around hidden, invisible cities shaped as the reflection of memories, desires, fears, signs, exchanges, deaths, names, eyes. By following the structure of the book and by using diverse artistic means of performance, such as music, spoken word and dance, we embark on an inter-disciplinary journey into the human condition, thought and experience.
Featuring music by J. S. Bach, A. Pärt, T. Takemitsu, C. Debussy, A. Dvorak, W. Gluck, C. Saint-Saëns, Schostakovitsch, Stravinsky, Mussorgsky and others.
Musicians:
Lucas Jordan, flute, concepts & arrangements
Georgia Knower, mezzo-soprano & concepts
Elena Cappelletti, cello, concepts & choreography
Lighting solutions developed and created by Fernando Jordan
coming soon photos, sound and video excerpts!