F r e e d o m | Sound Performance
An artistic act of solidarity and experimental sound performance for those the kings don’t care about
“How does an artist’s contextual distance shape their work in relation to freedom, truth-speaking and Gaza? What does my Antigone action, an act of defiance against the Kings, as an artist, look like today?"
Inspired by Antigone’s act of defiance against the state, three international artists meet, each working at a different proximity to Gaza. They grapple with their role and responsibility as artists at this time when the genocide in Gaza takes precedence over any other subject of artistic investigation. Each proposes a radical “Antigone action” as an act of protest and to challenge political inaction.
Echoing the tradition of Greek drama, the chorus interrupts and responds throughout the performance with stark, non-textual, embodied expressions. The chorus address Antigone [the archetypal artists] and the Kings [the global leaders] from a Global North and European perspective.
Experimental in form and content the triptych between the artists is darkly comic, entertaining in spite of the horrors, and in its hyper reality exposes the fallacy of the perceived artists’ role as activist, saviour and public star. Although the artist's motivation is to dig deep for truth, the incapacity to change the world is a hiatus of angst and competition.
Creative Team
Performance Directors: Maud Hendricks and James Hosty
Concept Directors: Maud Hendricks and Bernie O’Reilly
Outreach Artist: Fióna Bolger
Narration Co-created and Performed by: Haider Al Timimi, Iman Aoun, Maud Hendricks
Chorus Co-created and Performed by: David Ferreira Alves, Ghada Ashour, Larissa Brigatti, Joan Somers Donnelly, Shiloh Duffy, Tony Fegan, James Hosty, Carolina Leiner, Bernie O’Reilly and Janaína Senem.
Sound Recordings and Editors: Haider Al Timimi and Brian Hogan
Master Editor: Haider Al Timimi
Film work: Iman Aoun, Maud Hendricks, Marte Van Poucke
Film Editors: Maud Hendricks and Michael Higgins
Funded by the Arts Council and Dublin City Council. Supported by Ashtar Theatre, Theater Antigone, The Coombe Hospital, and the Drama Department, School of Creative Arts, Trinity College Dublin.
