For eight voices. Six movements: I - Reach across oceans (intro); II - Flow (refrain); III - Notice how your body spreads like water (post-refrain); IV - GaNaDaRaMaBaSaAJaChaKaTaPaHa (bridge); V - Reach across oceans (reprise); VI - If __________ did happen, how bad would it be? (outro).
The second act of the three act opera with a libretto by Christian Lehnert on the life of the medieval female Christian mystic from Magdeburg, Germany. Hanna Herfurtner, soprano (Mechthild's soul); Olivia Stahn, soprano (Mechthild's body); Susi Wirth, narrator; Olaf Katzer, conductor.
An industrial opera film for tenor and amplified ensemble. Libretto by Anne Waldman. Timur and the Dime Museum: Timur, vocals; Daniel Corral, keys, vocals; Andrew Lessman, drums, vocals; Matthew Setzer, guitar vocals; David Tranchina, bass, vocals. The second of the three parts: Part Two: The Animal, Human, and Demigod Realms: VII - Premonition of the Worm (Philadelphia, 1964); VIII - You find a severed ear in a field (Lumberton, 1986); IX - Petrograd, 1917 (New York, 1966); X - Here, my severed digit (Part 1) (Cambridge, 1939); XI - Here, my severed digit (Part 2) (Mexico City, 1951); XII - The Warring Gods (all places, all times); XIII - A Theory of Puncture (Blairstown, 1986).
