FRANCES STARK

AREA
Mirth, Marvel and Maud
186 Hoe St, Walthamstow, London E17 4QH, UK
TIME
7pm-3am
TYPE
Film
PROGRAMME
Art Night Curated Programme

The Magic Flute, 2017

ABOUT THE WORK

Frances Stark’s The Magic Flute is a collaborative interpretation of Mozart’s famous opera. Working with the conductor Danko Drusko, Stark re-orchestrated and translated the opera to be performed and recorded with a group of young musicians (aged between 10-19) from Los Angeles. The work is transformed into a text-based video with animated subtitles narrating the opera in place of the sung libretto.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Frances Stark is an interdisciplinary artist and writer, whose practice centres on the use and meaning of language and the translation of this process into the creative act. Her work has been exhibited in museums and galleries across the world.

ABOUT THE VENUE

Mirth, Marvel and Maud is a Grade II listed building housing a pub, cinema and cultural centre in Walthamstow, London. The 1930’s Granada Cinema was famous for having been frequented by Alfred Hitchcock and for being built on a site where films were shown as early as 1896.

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