Globalist capitalism, visions and narratives of the 21st century: concert for electro-acoustic instruments, dance, reciting voices, visual fragments

ROME – On May 1st at 9 pm – with a welcome drink at 8 pm – in the Tor di Nona Theater in Rome it will be possible to attend a series of snapshots on the reality of capitalism, in the era of globalization and the struggle for its control, while the he environment is in danger amid a thousand social, ethnic and political conflicts. A critical look at the surrounding world through stories told with sounds, voices, words, movement and images. Alex Marenga made the concept sound around a series of narrative frameworks, exploiting the most advanced musical machines, in a continuous confrontation between algorithm and expressive freedom. A work of electro-acoustic music, which continues the multimedia idea of ​​staging adopted in 2013 with the project, signed Entropia, “The Decline of Western Civilization”, presented at the time again at the Teatro Tor di Nona, in which a critical reading of a historical phase was already proposed which already made us imagine a future in danger.

The authors and producers. Conceived and directed by Alex Marenga, with music composed by Amptek and performed by Entropia (Dr.Lops – synthesizers; Luca Gallo – electronic guitars) on texts by Michel Focault, Jean Baudrillard, Tahar Ben Jelloun, Caitlin Johnstone, Pierpaolo Pasolini, William Burroughs . The “psycho-visual video manipulations” are always by Alex Marenga; the choreography and lights by Valentina Buffone and Hilde Grella. Dancers: Laura Forcellati, Susy Capolupo, Simonetta Incarnato, Antonia Buono, Valentina Buffone and Hilde Grella. The reciting voice and artistic coordination is by Stefano Pierpaoli, with the participation of Lorna Toon. Produced by Filmstudio and Eclectic Productions 2023.