A Meditation on Unnatural Corporeality in Three Tableaux
commission for ZUBIN KANGA’s cyborg soloist
'A meditation on unnatural corporeality in three tableaux' premieres at 'The Body Electric' at Submerge Festival on 18 March.
The Body Electric at Submerge Festival 22 - Manchester
Friday, 18 March 2022
19:30 21:15
@RNCM Concert Hall124 Oxford RoadManchester, England, M13 9RDUnited Kingdom (map)
A programme exploring queer themes by LGBT composers, including new works by Cee Haines (using the ROLI keyboards) Robert Reid Allan (using interview material about gay mentors, modulating text with a TouchKeys keyboard) and Lola de la Mata (combining video, electronics, music and theatre in collaboration with two performance artist/dancers).
Robert Reid Allan – Do you share coming out stories still?
CHAINES – Escape TERF Island
Lola da la Mata – A meditation on unnatural corporeality in three tableaux
Zubin Kanga – Hypnagogia
Luke Nickel – hhiiddeenn vvoorrttiicceess
About the piece
I propose we look at and challenge our preconceived notions and overall impressions of how we might imagine a solo piano rehearsal. Including how a pianist enters the stage, sits at their stool, holds a posture and keeps eyes looking within a closed loop of piano touch connection.
To explore these themes I invited queer performance art duo Antonio Branco & Riccardo T. to embody the watchful gaze and meddling hands of cherubs.
As we move from one tableau to the next, three biosensors (by Movesense) measure heart rate, speed and direction, altering the electronic voice part which speaks a text assembled from community responses to the question - what does touch mean to you?