OPERA
Château d’If
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OPERA is a theatre play presented in May 2023 at the
@chateauif , off the coast of Marseille, at the invitation of
@mondes_nouveaux and
@provence_art_contemporain .
At the end of the “corridor des oubliettes”, a cell of the former prison becomes a fiction capsule, a detached piece of the narrative, or simply a miniature of the great simulation described in this fifth chapter. The narrator, portrayed by #marcsusini, a kind of guru-architect of the metaverse, describes the influence that these alternative universes supposedly already have on our lives and the real world, which according to him, would henceforth be no more than an island lost within the virtual. He recites his prophecies under the half-protective, half-threatening gaze of a hysterical but mute boy, a member of the conspiracy fighting against the emergence of this new world, played by
@itsfelixmaritaud . Introduced by a music by
@nkisiii and with garments by
@_la_cage ,
@colombedhumieres and
@_de_pino , this duel takes place in a set-up conceived with the help of
@star.rem from
@atelier_motto , lit by
@corentinlaplanchetsutsui , built by
@theoeschenauer_ and photographed by
@kostic_c .
This is the fifth chapter of a cycle of readings of Model, a novel to be published by
@editions_pol in 2024. This text takes the form of a cosmogony for the next world. Hijacking standard codes and renewing the feuilleton serial system, each episode of this series aim to confront the text to different perspectives and sensibilities while it is still malleable, using a variety of media to establish the fiction’s atmosphere.
As always, this event has been thought and made alongside
@simon_de_dreuille [creative direction],
@esp_bp and
@anne_vimeux of
@sissi.club [conception support],
@pdemones [costumes],
@masayukimakino [graphic design],
@martindesinde of
@depensedefensive [archives],
@grf.yard [translation], Margaux Blachère [production] and is powered, among others, by
@lecmn and
@le_cnl .