“HAPPENING” FOR ALEXANDER SCRIABIN

A synesthetic event for all senses, as homage to the great visionary composer Alexander Scriabin, on the occasion of his 150th anniversary (1872-2022).

Scriabin’s vision of a “Mysterium” (a 7 days performance in a spherical temple in India) remained unrealized at his time, but its echo has been very powerful till today, inspiring numerous creators of “total works of art” (among others: Karlheinz Stockhausen, La Monte Young, Charlemagne Palestine, Hermann Nitsch, Hans-Jürgen Syberberg).
“Happening” as a polyphony of simultaneous events, combining fin de siècle atmospheres and the anarchic art of the 1960’s (Fluxus etc.): sounds, words, images, movements, silences, lights, colours, smells.

During the three-hour performance the public is free to go in and out ad libitum, at one’s pleasure…

PERFORMERS:

Hasmik Tangyan (dancer)

Hayk Makyan (viola)

Svetlana Lalayan (violin)

Ani Balyan (violin)

Tereza Sargsyan (violoncello)

Jemma Manukyan (violoncello)

Photo Credits: Garegin Aghabekyan (State Philharmonia of Armenia); Mane Hovhannisyan

Related links:
https://finnegans.it/un-happening-per-alexander-scriabin-esperienze-multisensoriali-visioni-del-gesamtkunstwerk-intervista-a-leopoldo-siano-di-kali-narayan/

https://youtu.be/Ur59Q3DCV3g

https://babajanyanhall.org/arttickles/happening-for-alexander-scriabin-multisensorial-experiences-visions-of-gesamtkunstwerk/