LCMF 2019 x Serpentine Galleries: TIME TIME TIME

Jennifer Walshe
TIME TIME TIME (2019)
(UK premiere) (LCMF / Serpentine Galleries commission)

Music:
Jennifer Walshe, developed in collaboration with Áine O’Dwyer, Lee Patterson, M.C. Schmidt, Streifenjunko (Eivind Lønning & Espen Reinertsen), Vilde&Inga (Inga Aas & Vilde Alnæs)

Text:
Timothy Morton & Jennifer Walshe

Cast:
Jennifer Walshe direction & video
Aedín Cosgrove stage & lighting
Úna Monaghan sound design

Jennifer Walshe voice & electronics
Áine O’Dwyer voice, harp & electronics
Lee Patterson electronics
M.C. Schmidt voice & electronics
Eivind Lønning trumpet
Espen Reinertsen saxophone
Inga Aas double bass
Vilde Alnæs violin

Timothy Morton and Jennifer Walshe join forces to explore the multiplicity of temporalities at the heart of being human in this new opera presented in collaboration with the Serpentine Galleries. Everyone in the room is important – the fast-paced digital time of M.C. Schmidt and Walshe, the deep geological rhythms of Lee Patterson, the liminal eternal drones of Áine O’Dwyer. The shifting tectonic plates of Streifenjunko and Vilde&Inga. The audience, whose entropy demonstrates that time is indeed passing.

Duration: The audience will be monitored by heat-sensitive cameras throughout the show. The duration of the performance will be between 70 and 90 minutes, dependent on the level of entropy present in the room.