International Festival of Contemporary Theatre
Programme
Deluge
5.09. 15:00-18:00, 6.09. 17:00-20:00 Latvian National Museum of Art | With museum ticket
There is a torrent of human and non-human sound around us.
This is a kinetic sound installation, with live musicians, that aims to create a place of respite in a storm.
An ensemble of the detritus of invisible sound and vibration.
Calm in a deluge of information and weather.
This is a listening space, nestled within and responding to the work of painter Andris Eglitis.
Audience is invited to spend as much time as they like in here.
Audience is welcome to sit on the floor, lean against the wall, walk around the space.
There is a set of revolving ultra directional speakers in the space that make the space speak.
ACCESSIBILITY
*Description: easy access from Esplanāde Park. The building has an elevator to all floors. There are also adapted facilities. The performance is highly visual. There is a specially marked parking area for people with mobility impairment.”
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body
ABOUT ARTISTS
Madeleine Flynn and Tim Humphrey are Australian artists who create unexpected situations for listening.
They have a long term highly awarded collaborative practice.Their work is driven by curiosity and questioning about listening and seeks to evolve and engage with new processes and audiences, through public and participative interventions. This means they work with emerging technologies, cultural groups, sites, experts across practice and ensemble made processes.. Current creative obsessions include acoustics of the dark, existential risk, and ecological and cultural impacts of practice.
Their work has been presented by major festival and contemporary art spaces including Setouchi Triennale and Kinosaki Arts Centre (Japan) Busan Sea Art Bienale, Ansan Arts Festival, Seoul Street Arts Festival ( South Korea), Brighton Festival (UK), Sonica Festival, Edinburgh Festival, Counterflows Festival Scotland) , ANTI Festival and Oulu Capital of Culture, Finland, Prague Quadrennial, ( Czech Republic), Theatre der Welt ( Hamburg, Germany), Homo Novus ( Latvia) Ars Electronica, (Austria), Melbourne Festival, Perth Festival, Sydney Festival, MONA FOMA, ACCA, ArtsHouse, Melbourne Recital Centre, Substation (Melbourne), Sydney Opera House and Bundanon (Australia), Science Gallery Melbourne and London. Their practice was awarded the prestigious Australia Council Award for Experimental Practice in 2017.
Their experimental practice reflects concern for the prospects for the future, and in particular the complexities and dilemmas around existential risk, especially areas of artificial intelligence, opportunities for cross sectoral discourse and climate justice.
CAST
Concept, design and sound: Madeleine Flynn, Tim Humphrey
Moving speaker design: Rob Larsen
Artists: Jēkabs Nīmanis, Laima Jansone, Kirils Ēcis, Marta Lortkipanidze, Andris Eglītis
Audio-description poetics: Agnese Krivade
5 September 15:00-18:00, 6 September 17:00-20:00
With museum ticket
Language
Audio description in English and Latvian
Duration
3 h. Audience is invited to spend as much time as they like in here
Latvian National Museum of Art
Jaņa Rozentāla laukums 1 - Entrance from the park side
Easy access in wheelchairs from the Esplanade Park
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