Design And Performance Lab

X U   prolog to the opera "Ensaio sobre a cegueira" (Blind City) preproduction I: summer 2004 (Interaktionslabor Goettelborn, Germany) preproduction II: Beijing Dance Academy, Beijing     solo choreography by Wan Su (in the role of blind woman) camera and direction by Johannes Birringer libretto by Johannes Birringer (adapted from Jose Saramago) music by Paulo C. Chagas   the guide (soprano): Carrie Henneman man on street: Wang Siangang woman in dark glasses: Angeles Romero   Prolog edited by Johannes Birringer   production team: Xu Xiao Fei, Liao Shuyi, Koala Yip   Digital Media Lab Beijing Dance Academy (c) 2004 Project director : Johannes Birringer   An installation version of "XU" was prepared in the spring 2005; in summer of 2005, the material was transformed into a new sonic project, "Cançoes dos olhos" (Augenlieder). This intermedia song cycle constitutes Phase II of ongoing research on auditory space, movement-image and song-structure. In 2006-2007, Johannes Birringer will collaborate with Paulo C. Chagas on the creation of a film opera.