OPERA (QM.15), 2016
HD video, projector, screens, media player, amplifier, speakers, lights, curtains
Duration 8:30 min
The work fuses multiple temporal layers: the looped holographic projection of Dominique 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.
Photo © Michael Wilkins Photography