A collaborative performance work by Somerset House Studios resident Gary Zhexi Zhang and Waste Paper Opera (Klara Kofen and James Oldham), telling tales of time, money and the unmaking of reality in the wake of catastrophe. 

Performers:
Gabriella Liandu – Mezzo-soprano 
Meili Li – Countertenor 
Geoff Clapham – Baritone 
Louis D’Heurdieres – Synths, Electronics, guitar 
Sarah Farmer – Violin 
Chihiro Ono – Viola 
Aaron Diaz – Trumpet, Sousaphone 
with Waste Paper Opera chorus

The piece unfolds over five vignettes, blurring the lines between capitalism and ritual, finance and nature, belief and manifestation […] Read more here

The original score merges the Baroque music of Niccolò Jommelli and Johann Sebastian Bach with mimetic improvisation, choral rounds, synthpop and the textures of public speaking. Dead Cat Bounce takes the form of an oratorio, a medium of vocal performance used to deliver a sacred narrative.

Dead Cat Bounce was commissioned by Arts Catalyst, with support from Medialab-Matadero. Its development was supported by Wysing Arts Centre and London Performance Studio .

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