Sawtooth & Charles Quevillon: Loudspeaker Baptism — Semaine du Neuf

A techno-opera that explores our relationship with technology, through a hybrid performance combining music, theater and visual arts.

Loudspeaker Baptism is a profound reflection on the place of this technological object in human cosmology, inviting us to consider its role beyond simple utilitarianism. Conceived by the Sawtooth duo (Sarah Albu and Matti Pulkki) and the composer/performer Charles Quevillon, this techno-opera for soprano, accordion, puppeteer, electronics and Genelec loudspeaker draws a parallel between the loudspeaker's capitalist, technological framework and its religious and spiritual symbolism. The first act is inspired by the phenomenon of unboxing on YouTube, which is like a modern ritual for the baptism of technological objects.

AVEC SAWTOOTH: Sarah Albu (soprano) Matti Pulkki (accordéon) Charles Quevillon (électroniques et marionnette) Erno Seppälä (lumière et scénographie) Maija Tammi (videos et photos) Jan Rosström (graphisme vidéo)