Transformations Opéra Radio
KUNSTFESTIVALDESARTS X LES HALLES DE SCHAERBEEK
Adeline Rosenstein
There are things we see only with our peripheral vision; the floating ear perceives voices that the attentive ear lets flee. Adeline Rosenstein’s theatrical performance, Transformations Opéra Radio, is set in these interstices of silence. She invites us into an acoustic lounge containing multiple seats, an intimate and fictitious assembly that evokes a recording studio and the ephemeral places where revolutionary disillusions can be shared. A score halfway between opera and podcast, this radio performance brings together the testimonies of women who took part in revolutionary movements that transformed the history of their countries, without being remembered by history (Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde 1974-75, Palestine 1987, Mexico 1994, Tunisia 2011). Revealing the patriarchal dynamics at the margins of the anti-imperialist struggle, the recorded or translated utterances are complemented by reconstructed sound documents, the words of female scientific researchers, and musical fragments. From solitude to the construction of a sisterhood, away from the discourse, at the mercy of the enemy—the one who wants nothing to change—emerges a documentation of our transformations, both intimate and political.
Presentation: Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Les Halles de Schaerbeek, La Bodega
Concept, direction, performance: Adeline Rosenstein | Text, research and performance: Marie Devroux | Performance and vocals: Aminata Abdoulaye Hama | Sound and music design, research, performance and harp: Hanna El Fakir | Sound and music composition, research and performance: David Stampfli | Music composition, music research and performance: Iris Therasse | Set design, performance and vocals: Yvonne Harder | Set design: Lük Stucki | Lighting design: Arié van Égmond | Technical direction and stage manager: Charlotte Müller | Production coordination: Maison Ravage - Edgar Martin, assisted by Elisa Guerch | Direction assistant’s intern: Éléonore Barrault | Stage manager’s intern: Myra Eschauzier | Set building: Ateliers de La Comédie de Saint-Etienne | Development and distribution: Habemus Papam
Production: Maison Ravage | Coproduction: Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Les Halles de Schaerbeek, La Comédie de Saint Etienne, Maison de la Culture de Seine-Saint-Denis, L’Art Rue – Festival Dream City, Centre Dramatique National Orléans / Centre-Val-de-Loire
With the support of the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Wallonie-Bruxelles International and Loterie Nationale/Nationale Loterij
