May Newsletter | Tatiana Rosa

May Newsletter

Dear colleagues, friends and family,I am apparently not the best at keeping such a thing as a regular newsletter...I have also missed to invite you to some heart-warming performances but I intend to nevertheless share a bit of what has been going on, and what is to follow.The year has started full of promises and uncertainties and has slowly been developing itself into an interesting collection of exciting projects, both personal, and artistic.A project that has been going around my mind for a really long time will finally  have its first steps in the following months, and I couldn't be happier with the team of people that agreed to join me on this venture.Thank you Angelo Custódio, Ilse Jobse, André Lourenço and Thomas Brand for your time and inspiring energy.Also new parallel paths filled with olive trees, vineyards and dreams are on the agenda for the upcoming times.

May 18th - 13h00 & 15h00O. Festival - De DoelenBook Of Premonitions is an unfolding story and score, co-created with makers Luke Deane, Christine Cornwell, Laura Nygren, Tarang Poddar, Arjan Gebraad, Tatiana Rosa, Marije Nie, Werner van der Zwan, Maidie van den Bos, Fiana De Raaf, Cerian Mason, Lotte Pierik, & the teachers and students of IVKO.Bringing together the thoughts, hopes, and imaginations of 200 minds, who happen to be 11 and 12 years old, Book of Premonitions is changing the way that opera is made. From one small question and tiny objects from the future, the first Book is waiting to be opened.The performance at O. Festival invites the audience into a newly published experimental score. Directors Luke Deane and Christine Cornwell bring together a multidisciplinary team for a walk-through immersive opera.This is a free public event, in parallel to the 18th May programme: Dit is Rotterdam. In collaboration with Rizoom, IVKO school, Amsterdam, De Doelen, and O. Festival, Stenton.Press.More information here. MergelMay 19th - 20h00Splendor Amsterdam Mergel is a short film (15 minutes) that was made entirely on location, the Curfsgroeve in South Limburg, and conveys this special place on the screen in an immersive way.Mergel goes in search of the deep inside and what breathes in the dark. A silent journey to the heart of stone and the unexpected light that penetrates. The veins of the rock, the lost stones, the desolation and the small life to leave you there with an ever-changing view of the landscape. The film will run several times in a row, each time for a small group of a maximum of 10 people.Entry 19:45, screenings continuously from 20:00.Tickets here(Cannot afford? Please let me know and I will arrange you a ticket)CREDITSConcept, regie and edit - Thomas BrandD.O.P. - Niels LokhorstSound design - Tatiana RosaPhotogammetry - Josse VessiesGaffer - Laurens WitteLight Assistant - Jorrit de RuiterCreative Advisors - Joke Olthaar & Frances Sanders Lullaby for a Slow ApocalypseMay 21st - 19h00Gaudeamus Terrapolis - De NijverheidIf you missed Lullaby for a Slow Apocalyplse, we are back!Terrapolis: a fictional world in which borders, relationships and connections are constantly changing and being discussed. In this concert series, twice a year we musical performances that redefine the idea of what a musical performance can be and can signify. What if the apocalypse is not a singular dramatic event but rather a glacial paced change. What if we reframe the apocalypse from the matriarchal perspective? What if it's soft, warm, gentle?Inspired by an article by Katerina Sidorova, Lullaby for a Slow Apocalypse questions the lore, literature, and eyes through which we predict the end of the world. What if the current depiction of our end as a singular event, fiery and full of violence is wrong? What if the apocalypse is not a singular dramatic event but rather a glacial paced change? What if we reframe the apocalypse from the matriarchal perspective? What if it's soft, warm, gentle? Yes it can still be scary but we can be comforted on the journey.What we need is a Lullaby for the Slow Apocalypse.Tickets here(Cannot afford? Please let me know and I will arrange you a ticket)CREDITSInstallation and concept by:Show Pony, Tatiana Rosa, Simon van SteenisSource video material:The Rodina, Giulia Principe, Hogwash,Paul Heyduck, Moa HolgerssonMusic by:Show Pony & No ComplimentsPerformed by: Show Pony, No Compliments

Last February I may fall into the sound had its first showing at Korzo Theater.In an evening full of first drafts we were really excited share the beginning of our new research.It is always a pleasure to work with Laura and I am really curious on where this project will bring us.Keep you posted on that :) 

Also spending a lot of time in Splendor and being part of a really special event organized by Jan-Willem, a fellow Splendor musician and a warm-hearted human being.Below the live stream from that event, Alarm bell for Tigray. 

For those of you who are not familiar with the War on Tigray please make sure you do some further reading and see if there's space for some action within your own community.https://tghat.com/ Tghat was founded in November 2020 by Gebrekirstos G. Gebremeskel. The founding of Tghat was a response to the Ethiopian government’s imposition of media and telecommunications blackout as part of the war on Tigray. The war on Tigray was launched on the 4th of November 2020, and we published our first Tghat article on November 17. Soon after its founding other concerned Tigrayans joined Tghat.  Gebrekirstos is the founder and chief editor of Tghat. He is a researcher based in the Netherlands and his research focuses on the intersection of Information Retrieval/Recommender Systems and society.

This month's reading suggestion:

Staying with the Trouble - Making Kin in the Chthulucene

by Donna J. Haraway