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Dear friends,
 
I'm writing to give you some news of a few projects that will be taking place this coming season. I hope you will be able to join me if you're in the area!
Conference (after Attar)
conversation-performance with 6 guest speakers, migratory bird recordings & treated sound

Whitstable Biennale
location: Sea Cadets' Hall
2 June
drop in from 17:00, with a more focused conversation time from 17:30
 
The title is an allusion to The Conference of the Birds, a classic mystic medieval work by Persian poet Attar, based on a model of dialogues, conversations and parables in which allegorical birds are encouraged to set out on a spiritual quest.

The invited speakers come from a range of exciting and different fields: Shadi Angelina Bazeghi (Iranian-Danish poet and translator), David Wallace (medievalist), Geoff Sample (environmental sound artist), Clyde Ancarno (linguist), Cherry Smyth (poet and art critic), Adam Chodzko (visual artist). 
 
Set up ambisonically with sound artist Dan Scott Conference (after Attar) develops into a cycle of sounds and local languages, including phrases in multiple languages recorded with speakers across Europe, and migratory songbirds captured on their return to Kent this spring. It also features a vocal composition for soprano Peyee Chen, written for Bergvall by renowned British composer Gavin Bryars based on medieval tonalities here reprised spatially.
This first conversation also signals the launch of my two year long partnership with this great curatorial team which will end up in 2020 with a larger collective piece.

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Ragadawn
outdoor sunrise performance for 2 voices and dawn chorus

A sunrise vocal performance performed outdoors from the last hours of night until the very early morning. A multisensory composition for two voices (spoken and sung), multiple languages and electronic frequencies to accompany and celebrate the rising of day. 
The work created by Caroline Bergvall draws on ancient and contemporary musical and literary sunrise traditions, such as troubadour love poetry, while at the same time addressing the linguistic territories of the UK and European Union, specifically languages that are endangered or at risk, and those that are emerging. The vocal composition at the heart of the work is composed by the British Composer Gavin Bryars and performed by soprano Peyee Chen. Working with Bryars has ensured the presence of a cross-historical vocal strand that combines his long-standing interest in early vocal music and ancient European languages. Live electronic musician Verity Susman has created the Dawn Chorus of languages: a multilingual layering of voices as well as conversational snippets and outbursts that inhabit the performance. Live sound engineer Sam Grant has devised the site-specific listening set-up.

It was first performed in 2016 at the Festival de la Batie (Geneva) and Estuary Festival (Southend) and garnered great reviews. During 2017, I embarked on a period of research into the multi-linguist components of the work, speaking to and recording speakers of some 14 languages in Europe put under pressure by prejudice and historical relationships. These have now been integrated to Ragadawn. 
The threshold spaces where Ragadawn is performed are not only points of conflict but of fluidity: where cultures blend, languages overlap, people trade and fall in love. Places where understanding and solidarity become possible.
- The Wire
Performances:

Ragadawn (Isle of Skye, 57.5° N)

Atlas Arts
location: Sabhal Mòr Ostaig
25 august 2018


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Ragadawn (Marseille, 43.2° N)
Festival Actoral
location: Mucem
Marseille 5 + 6 October 2018


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A performance of Ragadawn in Paris is currently in negotiation.

 
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Hope to see you soon!

Caroline
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