CANCELLED A Drone Opera | 14 – 29 March

Lyon Housemuseum and Galleries

Lyon Housemuseum Galleries presents a cinematic multi-channel installation of A Drone Opera by multi-disciplinary artist Matthew Sleeth. Exploring a narrative of desire, fear and destruction, the immersive film explores our dangerous love affair with new technologies, and is loosely based on the myth of Icarus. Featuring opera singers, choreographed drones and a laser set design, this uniquely seductive work is a poetic reflection of our contemporary anxieties surrounding surveillance.
 
Two 66-panel LED screens are harnessed in a dramatic and sculptural evocation of this multi-channel installation. Occupying the entire central gallery of the Lyon Housemuseum Galleries – measuring 26m x 13m – the film offers a multi-sensory experience at monumental scale.
 
A Drone Opera will be on show for a limited time only – two weeks – this March. The installation will be accompanied by a diverse series of programs and events. Join our mailing list via our website to be notified.
 Pre-purchase tickets to A Drone Opera via Eventbrite. Tickets will also be available at the Galleries upon arrival.
 
Presented by Lyon Housemuseum Galleries 217 Cotham Road, Kew VIC 3101 Tuesday – Sunday (Closed Monday &amp; Public Holidays) 10AM – 5PM
 
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A Drone Opera 14 March – 29 March, 2020 
Produced by Kate Richards Executive Producer Jonathan Parsons Written by Matthew Sleeth, Kate Richards Composer and Librettist Susan Frykberg Soprano Judith Dodsworth Countertenor Hamish Gould Bass-Baritone Paul Hughes Cinematography David McKinnar Additional Cinematography Matthew Sleeth, Sherwin Akbarzadeh Editors Matthew Sleeth, Kate Richards Dramaturg Kate Richards Characterisation Judith Dodsworth Drone Pilots Matthew Sleeth, Matthew Tynan, Lloyd Hassell, Roger Meagher Laser Set Design Robin Fox Sound Design Philip Samartzis Lighting Design Bosco Shaw Choreographic Consultant Shelley Lasica Production Management Bosco Shaw, Jennifer Hector Audio Facility Windmill Audio Re-Recording Mixer Pip Athertone-Reid Colorist Dee McClelland Visual Effects John Kerron
 Commissioned by Experimenta Supported by the Australia Council for the Arts

Lyon Housemuseum Galleries

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