History of the Present: The Cube, Independent cinema, Bristol, UK

Maria Fusco; Margaret  Salmon; Annea Lockwood; Héloïse  Werner

History of the Present: The Cube, Independent cinema, Bristol, UK

Maria Fusco (Director), Margaret Salmon (Director), Annea Lockwood (Composer), Héloïse Werner (Performer)

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Abstract

Exhibition dates: Thursday 25 - Sunday 28 April 2024
Exhibition venue: The Cube, Bristol

An experimental feminist opera-film about class and conflict, ‘History of the Present’ has been made collaboratively by Maria Fusco and Margaret Salmon, featuring new compositions by Annea Lockwood, libretto by Maria Fusco and improvisational vocal work by Héloïse Werner.

This intersectional, intergenerational feminist work forefronts working-class women’s voices to ask: who has the right to speak, and in what way? Layering sociological, cultural, and political themes from the recent history of Northern Ireland, the work exercises voice, breath and field-recording composition through a range of film techniques and operatic articulations, to amplify marginalised stories.

Made on 35mm and video in the streets of Belfast, the Ulster Museum and the Royal Opera House in London, History of the Present observes how defensive architecture defines movement to enforce intersectional histories and entities within daily experiences in conflict and post-conflict zones on an international level.

Part of Bristol New Music, a city-wide festival of contemporary music and sound.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Bristol, UK
Publisher	The Cube
Media of output	Film
Publication status	Published - 27 Apr 2024

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History of the Present: The Cube, Independent cinema, Bristol, UK

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