The Lepidopters: A Space Opera
Two nights of madness featuring science fiction, electromechanical pianos and punk art.
Overview
The Lepidopters: A Space Opera is only touching down for a couple of Melbourne performances, and the insane amount of culture-mixing and genre-bending the work is cramming into Arts House this weekend makes it unmissable.
Created by experimental Melbourne outfit Slave Pianos with European writer Mark von Schleegell, the centerpiece of The Lepidopters is a specially constructed electromechanial piano, fresh from a starring appearance in the National Gallery of Victoria’s exhibition Melbourne Now. This 'piano' contains no less than 56 gamelans, a traditional Indonesian instrument.
In its NGV outing this machine played the audience’s choice of transcribed songs, but here in The Lepidopters it’s joined by a 40-member choir, punk-art musicians from Indonesia, as well as the solo pianist Michael Kieran Harvey, all backed by projected visual art and film.
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