The music of Phoenix was cre­at­ed for a 1 hour per­for­mance and per­ma­nent sound instal­la­tion in MOMU dur­ing E/​Motion. Fashion in Transition. 

In an inti­mate light instal­la­tion by Jan Versweyveld – through a series of live per­for­mances direct­ed by Benjamin Abel Meirhaeghe – raw frag­ments of per­son­al sto­ries emerge.

The sto­ries are told on the immer­sive evolv­ing music of Heleen Van Haegenborgh. A com­bi­na­tion of Richard Wagner’s slowed down Lohengrin, space shut­tles, per­cus­sion, Japanese influ­ences, elec­tron­ics, karaōke vogue snip­pets and folk­loric tra­di­tions. Interspersed with a piano coun­tertenor ballad. 

The music can be seen as a real­iza­tion of one of the design­er poster quotes: Putting things togeth­er and com­bin­ing tra­di­tions, that is cul­ture to me. 

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Credits

• Scenography
  Bart Van Merode and Roel Huisman
• Directed and performed by
  Benjamin Abel Meirhaeghe
• Performed by
  Rosie Sommers, Désirée Cerocién and Jelle Haen
• Music
  Heleen van Haegenborgh
• Singing line(s)
  Benjamin Abel Meirhaeghe
• Sound design
  Senjan Jansen
• Production
  Laura Vanhoutte, Virginie During
• Co-production
  MOMU and Opera Ballet Vlaanderen
• Length
  68’