| Benjamin Bergery . new media art | |
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Tenebrae et Lux with technology by Jim Campbell Commission for PERTH INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL Australia February 2013 |
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Benjamin Bergery & St George's Cathedral Consort conducted by Joseph Nolan, with director/choreographer James Berlyn, 6 dancers and technology by Jim Campbell The Perth International Arts Festival commissioned this work from me for performances in February 2013 in Australia. I created a series of 10 light pieces to provide a visual countepoint to the a cappela performance of music by medieval composer Carlo Gesualdo. |
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"As if dazzled by the flash bulb of an old camera, I was left with these images burned and lingering under my eyelids" -- Melissa Lesnie "The various tableaux, redolent of the chiaroscuro of depositions, pietas and crucifixions and suchlike by Caravaggio, de la Tour, Rubens and Ribera, are as moving as they are simple" |
A pdf of program notes and reviews of Tenebrae et Lux |
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I kept a web notebook of my work on Tenebrae et Lux, which includes initial concepts, sketches, models and technical details. I called this Wordpress notebook |
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The web page advertising Tenebrae et Lux performances, some of which were sold out, on the Perth International Arts Festival web site. |
| To learn more about Bergery’s work, go to benjaminbergery.com | |