INTERNATIONALES THEATERINSTITUT / MIME CENTRUM BERLIN

MEDIATHEK

FÜR TANZ

UND THEATER

MCB-TV-9421

Temple of Time

Autorenschaft
Beschreibung

Temple of Time is a ritualistic installation and composition by composer Sinta Wullur and director Miranda Lakerveld.
 
Central to the work is the gamelan that Wullur commissioned in the mid-1990s. Contrary to the Indonesian set of instruments, the gongs and kettle drums are tuned according to the European twelve-tone system.

The four groups of big gongs in the ensemble share the space in quadrants, one for each of the religions that Wullur encountered during her youth in Indonesia: Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism. In Temple of Time, these religions are represented by four soloists who each sing one of the religion's singing traditions. They sing and recite parts from the scriptures of the religion; texts that shed light on the notion of time. Lakerveld set out to find texts that express what the four religions have in common. On the basis of these texts, the work passes through the following stages: 'The Beginning of time', 'The Wheel of Time' and 'The End of Time'.

The musical intensity of calling, longing, devotion, meditation are found in the chants from the four religions in four different languages and musical styles. The gongs and gong kettles are placed in such a way that different musical modes can be played.

The audience can sit around and in-between the instruments. That reinforces the sense that they are part of this ritual. Because that is Temple of Time. Like almost every ritual, it has theatrical elements.'

Regie
Musik
Standorte
MCB
Reihe
Sprache
en
Aufnahmedatum
Freitag, 23. Juni 2017
Orte
Stadt
Amsterdam
Land
Netherlands
Länge
65 min