Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster OPERA (QM.15), 2016
HD video, projector, screens, media player, amplifier, speakers, lights, curtains
Duration 8:30 min
Opera (QM.15) transforms a recording of Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster's live apparition as Maria Callas into a holographic illusion that creates a ghostly operatic presence in a very large dark and empty space.
Opera (QM.15) fuses multiple temporal layers: the looped holographic projection of Gonzalez-Foerster's live apparition of the famous diva is itself a construct of the younger Maria Callas’s voice — audible are recordings of arias from Luigi Cherubini’s Medea, Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata and Amilcare Ponchielli’s La Gioconda — clothed in the iconic red dress of the opera singer’s final performances.