This project is based on a short story by polish SciFi author Stanislaw Lem, called “The Mask“.
Roughly it is about a young woman, coming to consciousness, realizing that she is at a king´s court. She meets a young man and discovers, after short romance, that she is in fact a killer in form of an insect with artificial intelligence - built by the king to kill the lover.
The question of awareness in machines, a reoccuring theme in Lem´s work, has a special reading here. The woman/ machine develops a conscience here and in the end it´s open, if she can get rid of her programming.
1. Schöpfung 05:01
2. Debütantin 06:13
3. Weise 07:54
4. Kutsche 07:10
5. Garten der Liebe 04:34
6. Ausgeburt 06:19
7. Verfolgungsschwarm 07:43
8. Beichte 08:42
9. Gralsburg 10:36
libretto - Ruskin Watts
music - Jan Klare
live film - Achim Zepezauer
young womann - Marie Daniels
lover - samples from Franz Schubert´s Winterreise, Text: Wilhelm Müller
king - tetxtsamples from Michael Scriven „The Compleat Robot“ and "Kosmos Insektenführer"
consord
Pavel Tseliapniou Flöte
Vanessa Hövelmann Klarinette
Diyi Li Fagott
Enrico Taubmann Saxophon
Timothy Page Horn
Norbert Fabritius Trompete
Karsten Süßmilch Posaune
Jan Termath Tuba
Gereon Voß Percussion
Jaime Moragas Percussion
The Dorf
Julia Brüssel Geige
Martin Verborg Geige
Emily Wittbrodt Cello
Ludger Schmidt Cello
Stephan Gerhartz Trompete
Markus Türk Trompete
Felix Fritsche Saxophon
Florian Walter Saxophon
Christoph Berndt Saxophon
Maria Trautmann Posaune
Maximilian Wehner Posaune
Adrian Prost Posaune
Moritz Anthes Posaune
Alex Morsey Tuba
Kai Niggemann Buchla Synth
Gilda Razani Theremin
Serge Corteyn Gitarre
Christian Hammer Gitarre
Andreas Wahl Gitarre
Oliver Siegel Keyboard
Johannes Nebel Bass
Marvin Blamberg Drums
Simon Camatta Drums
Jan Klare Airmovement
recorded/ mixed/ mastered by Denis Cosmar
artwork by Achim Zepezauer
