![]() ![]() A world which still believes in the illusion of stability. Watch the world premiere performance on the Internet ArchiveĬhildhood dreams and the twilight of tradition. All other parts, male and female, are sung by women. In this Oratorio, Machunas is the only character with a name.Īll others are nameless. ![]() The events of the life of our character, we hope, should reflect the experience of many of us, artists and non-artists alike.Įach act has 9 parts. Some of you might feel that our treatment of the story has nothing to do with Fluxus esthetics. Maciunas founded what might well be remembered as the lastĪvant-garde art movement, the immensely influential “Fluxus”. The significance his actions might or might not have in the minds of those who know of him. The name is intentionally misspelled for phonetic reasons as well as to indicate that this narrative is not bound to represent his life exactly nor The story of Machunas is blueprinted on the life and death of George Maciunas, an architect, artist and activist of the second half of the Twentieth Century. “We describe Machunas as a ‘Performance Oratorio’ to indicate that its visual and literary components have the same weight as the musical score. Story "Machunas” is a Performance Oratorio put together by Lucio Pozzi and Frank J. Lucio PozziĬlose close,reject,off,disable,remove,delete,cancel,drop,collapse by nvmefr It was premiered in Vilnius, Lithuania, in 2006. I hired him and we worked six years or more finessing every aspect of the piece. Oteri who is not only a highly sensitive composer but also a wordsmith. It was my good luck to encounter the young Frank J. A basic condition was that, while exercising full inventive autonomy, s/he would also be willing to discuss and reflect in every detail the sense of tone and rhythm I wished to impress on the music. My composer needed to be well versed in literature and art. I wanted a composer who knew how not to conform to serial, atonal, minimal, folkloric, jazz, electronic musical canons, but who also echoed their respective traditions. It took time to find the right collaborator. The life of George Maciunas offered the perfect theme. After having produced some large performances involving many actors in Paris, Baltimore and Chicago, I wanted to make an ultimate one in the form of singing opera. The four acts of MACHUNAS are divided into Yellow, Green, Red, Blue, the four colors I often code my work by, and each act has 9 parts. His name is misspelled on purpose, both due to phonetic considerations and the desire to separate this story from any accurate description of his life. It’s inspired by and based on four key episodes in the life of George Maciunas, an architect, artist, activist and founder of the Fluxus art movement, the last avant-garde utopia of the modern era. Oteri The story of MACHUNAS is an emblem of the end of twentieth century culture, in all its tragedy, irony, delusions and immense vitality. Whereas he had once performed locally, he was now filling arenas across the world.(1997-2003), 150’ Created in collaboration with Frank J. Lúcio's leadership made him a star overnight and a symbol for positive social change. In a popular uprising, they drove Vishkar out of their neighborhoods. He seized the Vishkar sonic technology that his father had helped develop-technology that was now being used to suppress the people-and converted it into a tool to rally them to action. Vishkar imposed controls on the residents in the name of building a more orderly society: enforcing curfews, cracking down on what the company perceived as lawless behavior, and exploiting the populace as a cheap labor force. However, that promise never became a reality. Lúcio and his neighbors had been told that the development would improve their lives. But Lúcio's close-knit community was thrown into chaos when the multinational Vishkar Corporation secured a contract to redevelop large tracts of the city. ![]()
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