Performance
The iOrpheus performance is a 2 and 1/2-hour event, sparked by
- a suddenly emerging Fanfare on the steps of the Conservatorium
- 5 Acts in various locales of the park featuring live performers and interactive installations
- 7 Ribbons of Sound
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The structure of iOrpheus revolves around five central moments in the Orpheus legend
- The Wedding
- The Death
- The River
- The Look
- Home
The performance is envisioned as a series of encounters with these 5 moments in time, with participants moving through actual and vitual space in an audible and visual sound-dance, and sonic tableaus of the central moments of the Orpheus legend appearing and reappearing in various unexpected locales within the park.
The intent of this “public opera” is to create guided moments where park visitors—using their everyday digital devices—may interact artistically with parallel worlds as they move through the events of their daily lives.
The performers may number in the hundreds and consist of both QCGU students and citizens of Brisbane (children and adults).
All sounds—iPod, mobile phone, and laptop, as well as live performers and interactive installations—are broadcast live into the park, either with portable speakers, fm transmitters (with appropriate receivers and amplification), or, in the case of fixed locations, plugged into a common board with its own sound system.