The Video Opera "Death in Piece", directed by Ayla Pierrot Arendt, was created over the past two years through dialogue with Georgians, Russians in exile, Germans, and an Israeli. It formulates the questions of our time through opulent, multilayered video imagery, choreography and polyphonic singing: What kind of peace and whose peace are we talking about? What conflicts arise from the personal perspectives of different nationalities? Is diplomacy more important than ever, or have its limits already been reached?
The story follows five characters representing our national differences who become involved in a fictitious murder. A shot is fired during a reception at the German embassy in Tbilisi, Georgia. Who will take care of the corpse? Where can it find peace? Will the incident shake the fragile balance between East and West?
Infos
- Video opera on 4 screens, Loop, 2024
- Duration: 40 min
- Language: Georgian, English, German with English surtitles
- Mousonturm Co-production
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Director: Ayla Pierrot Arendt
Assistant Director, Dramaturgy: Kristina Roeder
Performance: Pia Epping, Tabea Gregory, Lucy-Jo Petermann, Carolina Saad Vasconcellos, Lara-Marie Weine
Choreography: Annabelle Dvir
Cinematography: Ayla Pierrot Arendt, Maksim Pecherskii
Composition: Nika Pasuri, Ani Zakareishvili
Choral Text: Davit Khorbaladze
Singing: Choir of the Opera of Kutaisi, Georgia
Costume: Clara Rosina Strasser
Make-Up Artist: Beate Bauer
Make-Up Assistant: Rachel Ashton
Prop Assistant: Josi Habel, Ina Röper, Nelly Granson
1st Camera: Maksim Pecherskii
2nd Camera, Drone Operator: Aksel Steen Boelsmand
Camera Assistant: Tim Hartrick, Mona Nordhues
Lighting Design: Torben Schäfer, Emil Basting
Lighting Technology: Jimmy Kömpel, Felix Dörnfeld
Montage: Ayla Pierrot Arendt, Paul Haas
Set Photography: Eike Walkenhorst
Production/Recording Management: Diana Koschlakov
Production Assistant: Maja Lindner
Internship: Alix Di Jusco
A production by Ayla Pierrot Arendt, in co-production with Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm. Supported by Hessen Film & Medien, the Cultural Office of the City of Frankfurt am Main, the Hessian Ministry of Science and Art, as well as the Autorenstiftung Frankfurt am Main. The artistic exchange with the Georgian artists and the journey to Georgia were made possible by Culture Moves Europe, funded by the Goethe Institute and the European Union. The preceding research trips to Georgia in 2023 were funded by the Gwaertler Foundation.
