Australian Contemporary Opera Co

1 - 4th September

If an opera singer performs to camera, and it's not streamed into your lounge room, did they really perform?

Award winning independent company Australian Contemporary Opera Co (ACOCo), presents Fractured Sublime — a timely comment on the fractured nature of performing arts in the midst of rampant illness, economic uncertainty, zero funding and staff shortages. Featuring eleven exceptional Australian opera singers performing universally acclaimed ‘sublime’ music (Mozart, Händel, Beethoven et.al.) to camera, this installation offers a unique hybrid between online and onstage.

Fractured Sublime will be presented as a video art installation via large projection in the gallery space. Attendees will be able to prop on gallery style benches or move around the space, engaging with the performance on their own terms.

LINDA THOMPSON, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR:

"Opera is an art form that traditionally derives its emotional and visceral power from the singular effect of vibrations passed from one human to another.  Separation via a screen undoubtedly changes the experience, but at the same time, enables us to draw focus to the emotional exchange from close up eye contact between performer and viewer."