FORCE OF THINGS
an opera for objects
dartmouth college
A sonic installation that,
rumbles with the impact of climate change. Performed by the International Contemporary Ensemble
A palpable sense of urgency permeates the space
and yet it's also eerily still, as if the timescales are off, as if some future frantic state reaches us only in slow motion. Both visually arresting and sonically intense, The Force of Things: an Opera for Objects operates outside language, offering in place of story a cathartic communal experience that invites audiences to slow down into the urgencies around and inside us, together.
Audience members enter into a field of sculpted matter ringed by
speakers sounding waveforms too low for human ears. Though resonating outside our auditory boundaries, this choir of subwoofers sends ripples of energy that tremble through and pulsate the material world of the piece. Two singers snake side-by-side amidst the audience, shouting a warning that sounds like a whisper in a language no one can understand.
credits
Co-created by Ash Fure and Adam Fure
Performed by the International Contemporary Ensemble
Sponsored by: Hopkins Center for the Arts
Direction César Aleverz
Scenic architecture Adam Fure
Costume design Carlos Soto
Lighting design Kelley Shih
