whispers and roars
festival in a box
November 2021
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FESTIVAL IN A BOX is the arts festival that comes to you.
Supported by CREATE NSW and the City of Sydney
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AUDREY ORMELLA
HARMONY IN AUSTRALIS
AUDIENCE INSTRUCTIONS:
Harmony in Australis’ invited performers to anagrammatically and harmonically rearrange a given text and musical motif to reveal alternate meaning and connections, playing with the absurdity of existing ideas, as well as exploring identity, hidden voices, and social values.
As an audience member, I invite you to cut out and reconstruct the text included in your box as you listen; what new ideas reveal themselves? Within limited constraints there is the power to step outside your existing perspective and observe a multitude of new meanings. I encourage you to close your eyes and listen closely to all the different voices in this work, and with each listening hear alternative texts and phrases emerge.
SCARLETT GIBBSON-WILLIAMS
PHOTOGRAPHY
MUSIC
SYLVIE MARREE
LYRICS
VERSE 1
Rolling hills,
And peaceful skies,
One half of the world in dark,
The other half in light.
There’s been some talk,
That we’re setting ourselves on fire
Seems like bullshit to me,
How could gas bring down an empire?
PRECHORUS
And if it all comes crashing down,
Like we said it would,
I wanted you to know,
We didn’t do all we could.
CHORUS
I hope that the blue skies,
were worth the grey.
Hope that the world ending,
Didn’t ruin your day.
Seemed crazy and nonchalant,
But it’s just the way it was.
I’m sorry that your world fell apart.