Performance for soprano, modular synth and prosthesis, 2022.

Voice, music and original idea by Clémence Martel

Artistic concept and modular synth design by Syd Rey

Performed at Hass 2022 (Haus der Geschichte Baden Würtemberg, Stuttgart, June 2022)

Performed at Teatri del Suono 2022 (Teatro Miela, Trieste, October 2022, curated by Cantierezero).

In We'll all burn our parents we explore how mourning and the act of childbearing can dialog and respond to each other, from the omnipresence of the dead to the uncertainty of a life to come, and back. We investigate the resonance between the tangible absence of the deceased and the silent presence of those who have not come yet. The metaphysical body-to-body dialectic is reinforced by the voice being intertwined with the mineral sound of a modular synth that was designed specifically for the performance. Both the body and the prosthesis contribute to embody the ambivalence of a chair that is both organic and artificial.

Excerpts from "Una costilla sobre la mesa" by Angelica Liddell.