Hildegard (vision)

Hildegard (vision) is a video opera installation with found-object puppetry & animations. The work is inspired by Hildegard Von Bingen, a medieval nun, and writer, composer, Christian mystic, and polymath. The piece is structured around distinct phases of a migraine attack to examine the ways in which context combined with physiological processes shape how we perceive and affect change within the world around us. Conceived by Gian Marco Riccardo Lo Forte and Abby Felder. Music by John Sully. Cast: Marina Celander, Seth Gilman, Nehprii Amenii, Daniel Diaz, Tali Custer.

Premiere at La MaMa Dec 3-20, 2015. Work-in-progress at Governors Island as part of Process Space Residency LMCC; and St Ann’s Warehouse (2013/14).