Concert

A techno-opera that explores our relationship with technology, through a hybrid performance combining music, theater and visual arts.

Loudspeaker Baptism is a profound reflection on the place of this technological object in human cosmology, inviting us to consider its role beyond simple utilitarianism. Conceived by the Sawtooth duo (Sarah Albu and Matti Pulkki) and the composer/performer Charles Quevillon, this techno-opera for soprano, accordion, puppeteer, electronics and Genelec loudspeaker draws a parallel between the loudspeaker's capitalist, technological framework and its religious and spiritual symbolism. The first act is inspired by the phenomenon of unboxing on YouTube, which is like a modern ritual for the baptism of technological objects.

A Sawtooth production in co-production with Le Vivier and FIKA(S), with support from the Canada Council for the Arts and Koneen Säätiö.