Martyna Kosecka “No Gravity”: The Son of Fire was Ash, Vīrya, Lūmen I
“No Gravity” is a performance that combines different levels of investigation of words, thoughts, actions and emotions while confronted with physical and mental imprisonment. It revolves around issues closely related to Iranian society and shows the universal truths of the transcendental effect that oppression, restriction or deprivation of rights can have on people. No matter where, in which country, against which race or culture or in which era. Floating and present in no gravity of the eternal struggle. On this evening, the Polish composer and PhD fellow in artistic research at the Norwegian Academy of Music, Martyna Kosecka, presents three different musical formats and approaches to the themes of captivity, the search for freedom and the perspective on women’s (human) rights. As part of her artistic research, she is developing a series of concepts for mini-operas in which she explores how the shortening of the dramaturgical action affects the content of the form, addressing a theme close to her heart – the role and treatment of women in contemporary society.
- Composer(s) Martyna Kosecka
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Title(s) of the Work(s)
The Son of Fire was Ash* (2024), composed theatre (in Polish with English subtitles)
Martyna Kosecka (concept, music, set, video, Polish translation of the text, direction)
Ehsan Saboohi (playwright)
Spectro Duo (performance)Vīrya (2023–2024), radio poem
Martyna Kosecka (composer, reciter)
Hengameh Mofid (reciter)The poem "Window" is taken from Another Birth and Other Poems, by Forugh Farrokhzad, translated by Hasan Javadi and Susan Sallée, © 2010 Mage Publishers (mage.com).
Lūmen I (2023–2024), mini-opera, monodrama for soprano and multimedia
Martyna Kosecka (music, concept, set, electronics, direction)
Sophia Körber (soprano, performance)
Balint Laczko (MaxMSP patch development)
Idin Samimi Mofakham (technical assistance)Based on fragments from "White Torture: Interviews with Iranian Women Prisoners" by Narges Mohammadi
- Performer, Ensemble or Orchestra Sophia Körber - soprano, Spectro Duo