Sawtooth & Charles Quevillon: Loudspeaker Baptism — Semaine du Neuf

sarah albu
sarah albu

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.

ARTISTES

SAWTOOTH: Sarah Albu (soprano) Matti Pulkki (accordion)
Charles Quevillon (electronics and puppetry)
Erno Seppälä (lighting and scenography)
Maija Tammi (videos and photos)
Jan Rosström  (video design)

Program

Charles Quevillon: Loudspeaker Baptism (2024) - 60'
Chamber opera in 4 acts: 
Délivrance — Mémoires — Souffrance — Sublimation

Representation(s)

Place

Espace Orange | Édifice Wilder

Pricing

Solidarity40$
Regular30$
Reduced20$
3 concerts package
Semaine du Neuf
50$