Following *Partiturazero*, the Italian-Swiss interdisciplinary artist Elena Boillat continues her exploration of vocality with a new performance piece that examines the relationship between resonance and shared listening.
Oracola
Elena Boillat
Right of First Refusal
World Premiere
show in production
LAC+ members have first refusal starting December 1.
Sales open to the general public starting December 8.
Oracola
Elena Boillat
Right of First Refusal
World Premiere
show in production
LAC+ members have first refusal starting December 1.
Sales open to the general public starting December 8.
Oracola emerged from research conducted in Kosovo through encounters in social and religious contexts, focusing on the adhan, the Islamic call to prayer, traditionally entrusted to the male figure of the muezzin: a voice that traverses space, spreads out, and settles within bodies, gathering a community around a specific moment.
Taking this vocal ritual as her starting point, Boillat suspends its liturgical function in order to inhabit it from within and explore its physical, vibrational, and perceptual qualities. Starting from an essential formula repeated over time, the call extends beyond its vertical direction to unfold into a circular and ever-changing dimension. Through breath, gesture, song, and silence, Oracola’s body-voice presents itself as a plural presence, inviting us to experience listening as a practice of resistance and transformation.
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Concept, Production, and Performance
Elena Boillat
Sound and Audio Design
Francesco Fonassi
dramaturgical consulting
Piersandra Di Matteo
Voice assessment and external ear examination
Mathias Steinauer
external view
Laura Gaillard
production
R.A.R.A. – Resonances, Listening, Open Research
in co-production
LAC Lugano Art and Culture, Sekhmet Institute Prishtina
with the support of
DECS Republic and Canton of Ticino – Swisslos Fund, City of Lugano (support and sponsorship), Landis & Gyr Stiftung
artist residencies
NAOcrea – Ariella Vidach AiEP Milan, Spazio Inverso Tesserete, Spettro Brescia, Roxy Basel, LAC Lugano Art and Culture, Spazio Elle Locarno
research trip
Pro Helvetia Global Research Trip