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Artist, Hilary Powell has spent the last year exploring the landscapes and narratives of Purfleet as recipient of the Stephen Cripps' Studio Award. She is preparing to present Ring Cycle - an audio visual symphony that transposes an epic cast of gods and mortals into this contemporary Thameside landscape. See her guest blog where she spoke about the project here...
Ring Cycle is an audio-visual symphony that transposes Wagner’s epic cast of gods and mortals into a contemporary Thameside landscape. From river maidens on concrete barges to exiled gods and flaming shopping trolleys, this allegory of industrial capitalism takes place on the fringes of London just inside its own ring of the M25.This film with performed live score made in collaboration with THE CABINET OF LIVING CINEMA reveals Purfleet as a place where the toxic and angelic combine in a twenty-first century version of the sublime. A mobile foley studio of found objects, played by local sound artists and accompanied by the voices of the Royal Opera House community chorus, sound the whoosh of wind turbines and the call of birds, bringing the film to vivid life.
The launch screening of Ring Cycle, with live score, takes place on Friday 14th July at 6.30pm at High House Production Park. It is presented as a prelude to the Big Screen relay of the opera Turandot organised by Royal Opera House Thurrock and the Backstage Centre. The Stephen Cripps' Studio Award is a major creative development opportunity based at High House Production Park and established in memory of the pyrotechnic sculptor Stephen Cripps' (1952-1982). Supported by The Henry Moore Foundation, High House Production Park Ltd and Stephen Cripp’s family it forms part of Acme’s Residency and Awards Programme. Ring Cycle is supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England. www.ringcycle.site