Performance dates: September 20 and 21, 7pm
steirischerherbst’24, Racket Sport Center, Graz
steirischerherbst’24 With Ari Benjamin Meyers, Nation of Sleep, 2024
Ari Benjamin Meyers, Nation of Sleep, 2024, performance, steirischer herbst 2024. Photo © steirischer herbst / Johanna Lamprecht
Press Release
Usually, adults sing lullabies to children. In his immersive and poetic musical performance Nation of Sleep, Ari Benjamin Meyers reverses this situation: part of the audience is invited to lie down and have an individual experience. Children from Graz soothe spectators in one-on-one encounters, encouraging them to relax and sleep in a world they could not prevent from falling apart. As it appears, the youngest generation might have to make sacrifices the preceding generations should have made for a brighter future.