Kairo – The Network, a multidisciplinary event combining music, dance, video and theatre, will premier at Le Phénix – Scène Nationale de Valenciennes in France on December 11th 2009. Produced by Art Zoyd, Kairo involves an international team of artists, including VUW’s School of Design Senior Lecturer Anne Niemetz, who serves as video director for the production.
Based on Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s novel, Kairo evolves around the topic of emotional isolation in our technological world and the impossibility of true communication despite the proliferation of mass communication tools, in particular the Internet. A collaboration of international practitioners, this production introduces new interpretations of multimedia opera, while exploring vital topics contemporaneous to our society.
More info: http://www.artzoyd.com/site2005-gb/spectacles/dossiers/kairo.pdf