by Louise Ahl in collaboration with Jo Hellier
Skunk without k is Sun is an experimental three act solo opera, working with audio description as operatic sung material. Bespoke environmental scents will transform during the piece and exist as another layer of narration. The piece explores the human tendency to describe and name its presence in order to exist. It is a world where language shapes a reality of constant transformation whilst embracing a non-human expression. It zooms out on the macro-perspective of an earth that transforms beyond human presence and into the micro-perspective of the traces we’re leaving behind.
Act 1 presents the atmosphere, design and the performer of the work. The colours are intoxicating. Green without blue is yellow. A thunder cloud hovers.
Act 2 presents human behaviour in all its forms. It is a tragicomical act.
Act 3. The Earth collapses. Fires rage. Roses burn. A new romance is born.
