ESOTERIC: an experimental opera

Rooted in the contemplation of climate change effects of a distant future and the societal significance of the natural world, this audio-visual experience considers our place in the ecosystem and the fleeting power we have to affect it. Fundamentally, ESOTERIC is a multi sensory experience of all that will be left of the natural world if indifference ensues.

Contemporary composer and creative Jessica Lindsay Smith, working in collaboration with electronic visual artist Rachael Archibald and movement artist Arabella Frahn-Starkie, alongside a cast of improvising musicians present this multidisciplinary work that explores movement, improvisation and dramatic story-telling in a shifting, projected space. ESOTERIC is a meditative, textural, and otherworldly exploration of our future

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composition, libretto, and concept: jessica lindsay smith
visuals: rachael archibald
choreography/movement: arabella frahn-starkie
costume stylist: bethany peele

featuring:
ceridwen mccooey || flora carbo ||
harriett allcroft || imogen cygler ||
isaac gunnoo || jessica lindsay smith ||
maddison carter || mel taylor ||
merinda dias-jayasinha || theo carbo ||

photography: maximum person
graphic design: luke fraser

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This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.