Music
Terra Nova: Sinfonia Antarctica
Conceived and composed by DJ Spooky That Subliminal
Kid/Paul D. Miller
Directed by Bob McGrath
Hip-hop savant cum shrewd cultural critic, the tireless DJ
Spooky That Subliminal Kid/Paul D. Miller has always kept one ear
to deftly-crafted sound and the other to social concerns.
InTerra Nova: Sinfonia Antarctica, he heeds
the call of a rapidly changing continent by letting it finally
speak for itself.
Based around DJ Spooky's sound recordings in the Antarctic
that explore the acoustic qualities of ice, Terra
Nova allows us to encounter the climate crisis with
unprecedented intimacy, giving voice to the groaning landscape as
it undergoes irrevocable change. Members of the International
Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) perform live with DJ Spooky's hip-hop
and sample-infused soundscape to create a riveting electronic
symphony as live video projections reconstruct Antarctica-the real
and the imagined-in this acoustic portrait of our embattled
Earth.
Performed by DJ Spooky and the International Contemporary
Ensemble (ICE)
Visual design by A.J. Weissbard
Images research and video editing by V-Factory and Jim
Findlay
Commissioned by BAM / 2009 Next Wave Festival, Change
Performing Arts, Melbourne International Arts Festival, Hopkins
Center / Dartmouth College, UCSB Arts & Lectures, Spoleto 51 /
Festival dei 2 Mondi
Produced by Change Performing Arts with Music+Art Management
Executive Production - CRT Artificio