ADVERT

Laura Bowler

Details
Hire

Duration
50 mins
Year of composition
2023
Number of performers
6
First performance
18th Nov 2023, hcmf//
Commissioned by

New Music Dublin, November Music, Musica Estranha, Music on Main, Ultima, Time of Music and hcmf//

ADVERT is part of the Sounds Now project co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union

Description:

ADVERT is an exploration of the ‘self’ amid an increasingly tribalist society. The piece examines a tension between the need to advertise a particular selfness to our desired tribe and the longing for authenticity of the self, free of social expectation. Utilising autobiography plus original text by Sam Redway alongside texts by several writers including Edwina Barvosa, Amy Chua and Donna Harraway, this work confronts the audience with a vulnerability that literally draws blood.

Full Scoring:

Voice

E-zither

Keyboards

Cello

Clarinets

Drums and Percussion (1 player)

Live and fixed electronics (including video)

Tattoo Artist

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