Touring the UK this spring is SuperEverything* by leading audio-visual artists The Light Surgeons. This is a cross disciplinary, live cinema performance, commissioned by the British Council. It has has been created in collaboration with some of Malaysia’s most high profile artists and musicians, who will be joined by on the tour members of the acclaimed Heritage Orchestra.
Filmed across the breadth of Malaysia, this ambitious live audio-visual performance weaves together documentary narratives to create a kaleidoscopic portrait of Malaysia, one of South East Asia’s most culturally diverse countries. The resulting immersive experience combines traditional South East Asian instruments, western classical compositions, field recordings and electronic synthesis, all of which are manipulated live and complemented by stunning layered documentary footage and motion graphics.
Juxtaposing tradition with modernity, SuperEverything* seeks to discover how our sense of identity is formed through our collective participation in everyday rituals. It is a journey through Malaysia’s past, to understand its present and to question its future as it approaches its most pivotal general elections in 2013. It is a piece of contemporary media art that aims to make its audience contemplate a shared human story and to reveal a collective commonality.
From our relationships with each other, to our relationship with the environment, SuperEverything* surveys our everyday rituals to reveal what unites and divides us. Seeking out a timeless question about who we are and what we might become, as both individuals and as a society.
For its UK premiere it has received additional support from the Arts Council England and this has resulted in an exciting new musical collaboration between The Light Surgeons and members of the Heritage Orchestra, who will perform live along side Malaysian musician Ng Chor Guan on all the UK tour dates in March and April.
Remaining dates:
19/04/2013 – THE BARBICAN AT HACKNEY EMPIRE – LONDON
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