Ô Universo nu, Canção Nordestina (2016-2017), a performance by Célia Gondol, with Olivier Normand

Presented in its initial version for the exhibition “Les Mains sans sommeil”, O Universo nu, Canção Nordestina is in the form of a chant, inspired by the literary and allegorical principles of cordel literature in Brazil, and written based on different allegories used in physical and astrophysical theories.

The result is a performance modulating between a chanted recital and an abstract chant of glossolalia, in a primordial world emptied of all language. 

 

As part of “Les Mains sans sommeil” exhibition
The Artists’ Residencies in Hermès workshops