{"id":1134,"date":"2018-07-02T13:13:05","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T13:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mathesonmarcault.com\/?p=1134"},"modified":"2018-07-02T13:14:21","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T13:14:21","slug":"inverted-operas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mathesonmarcault.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/02\/inverted-operas\/","title":{"rendered":"Inverted Operas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Holly was recently in Frankfurt to take part in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/playsonic.de\/\">Playsonic<\/a>, a festival at Alte Oper investigating the overlap between games and music.\u00a0 Our contribution: &#8220;Inverted Operas&#8221;, a collaboration with composer\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/davidhelbich.blogspot.com\/\">David Helbich<\/a> and architect\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.collectivedisaster.org\/team\/rosario-talevi\/\">Rosario Talevi<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Inverted Operas&#8221; took music from outside the opera house, and placed it in the public square outside. Across the weekend, visitors found moveable mirrored sculptures inspired by elements of the opera house&#8217;s interior decoration; performers with many different instruments; and cards that they could use to guide them as they listened to the music.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mathesonmarcault.com\/newwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/42404137252_adc6b0bd29_k.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1136\" src=\"http:\/\/mathesonmarcault.com\/newwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/42404137252_adc6b0bd29_k-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mathesonmarcault.com\/newwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/42404137252_adc6b0bd29_k-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/mathesonmarcault.com\/newwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/42404137252_adc6b0bd29_k-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mathesonmarcault.com\/newwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/42404137252_adc6b0bd29_k-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/mathesonmarcault.com\/newwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/42404137252_adc6b0bd29_k.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anyone who wanted to would take cards from facilitators, each card providing a suggestion of how to respond to the music (and to the ambient noise of the square, which formed a key part of the piece).\u00a0Players listened and took part for as long as they liked, exchanging cards with facilitators and other players.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mathesonmarcault.com\/newwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/41731775064_89d616a920_z.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1137 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/mathesonmarcault.com\/newwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/41731775064_89d616a920_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mathesonmarcault.com\/newwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/41731775064_89d616a920_z.jpg 640w, http:\/\/mathesonmarcault.com\/newwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/41731775064_89d616a920_z-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There were over fifty different cards, which from a game design perspective fell into four categories:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cards about listening, providing prompts for ways to hear the music differently. Listen while facing away from the musicians; listen while focusing on the sound of nearby cards.<\/li>\n<li>Cards about movement: move your tongue inside your mouth along with the music; find a line and balance along it, taking as if the music is trying to make you fall.<\/li>\n<li>Cards about making noise: find a bell and ring it; find a word written down and yell it as loud as you feel comfortable.<\/li>\n<li>Cards to show to musicians, which cued the musicians to play differently: faster, slower, suddenly loud, even to follow the person who showed them the card around the square for thirty seconds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mathesonmarcault.com\/newwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/inverted-operas-cards-six-small.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1140\" src=\"http:\/\/mathesonmarcault.com\/newwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/inverted-operas-cards-six-small-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"639\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mathesonmarcault.com\/newwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/inverted-operas-cards-six-small-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/mathesonmarcault.com\/newwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/inverted-operas-cards-six-small-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mathesonmarcault.com\/newwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/inverted-operas-cards-six-small-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/mathesonmarcault.com\/newwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/inverted-operas-cards-six-small.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Holly was recently in Frankfurt to take part in\u00a0Playsonic, a festival at Alte Oper investigating the overlap between games and music.\u00a0 Our contribution: &#8220;Inverted Operas&#8221;, a collaboration with composer\u00a0David Helbich and architect\u00a0Rosario Talevi. &#8220;Inverted Operas&#8221; took music from outside the opera house, and placed it in the public square outside. 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