Kasia Glowicka: "Unknown, I Live With You"
Inspired by Afghan female writers’ poems, this project amplifies the basic human right to freely tell one’s own story. In Taliban-held Afghanistan, even driving a car has been considered a crime. The poems by contemporary Afghan female writers are at the heart of this project. Their poems are raw, often devastating, and always brave in depicting the live under the niqab.
Polish composer Kasia Głowicka explores the junctions between extended techniques of operatic voice and the dramatic potential of live electronics. The emotionality of the folk-inspired melodies meets minimalism of form. It expresses the harshness of the living circumstances of the Afghani writers but as well the power of the female voice striving for emancipation. Sung by a collective of three singers who represent different visions of female/ male dynamics and potential of the human voice. Three strong women create the cast of the performance: the Polish opera diva Malgorzata Walewska, the American star of young generation Raehann Bryce-Davis and the transsexual opera singer Lucia Lucas.
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