Brìghde Chaimbeul with Maëva Berthelot & Temitope Ajose / Vivienne Griffin with Úna Monaghan
Archived Event
| Dates | Wed 20 Mar 2024 |
| Times | Performance 1: 19.00 - 20.30 Doors 18.30 Performance 2: 21.00 - 22.30 Doors 20.30 |
| Space | Lancaster Rooms New Wing |
Brìghde Chaimbeul with Maëva Berthelot and Temitope Ajose
Where the Veil Is Thin
In this brand new commission, musician and composer Brìghde Chaimbeul joins forces with performance artists Maëva Berthelot and Temitope Ajose in an ode to the enigmatic Cailleach Bheur, as her final dance unfolds.
The Cailleach Bheur is a significant character in Gaelic mythology, a one-eyed giantess who lived for centuries on the island of Erraid. Closely associated with the creation of the landscape and bad weather, she brought in the winter and fought against the spring, and her death marked the fulfilment of a bleak prophecy. It's said that as she died, she sang.
As the Cailleach meets the echoes of her past, navigates the complexity of her duty and reckons with the consequences of a world forever altered, Where the Veil is Thin explores what it is to be a creator and a destroyer, to be feared and revered. Together, Chaimbeul, Berthelot and Ajose weave a narrative that evokes the delicate balance between life, death and the eternal dance of nature’s forces.
Featuring new music from Chaimbeul, Where the Veil Is Thin premieres at Assembly before travelling to Rewire, The Hague in April 2024.
“By drawing the stories of the Highlands back into a contemporary light, Chaimbeul is melding legend into reality with her music, and hopefully giving a new meaning to the word “drone”.”
tmrw magazine
Vivienne Griffin
with Úna Monaghan
Somerset House Studios artist Vivienne Griffin presents a new live performance work with invited guest Northern Irish harpist Úna Monaghan.
A symbol of resistance to the British occupation of Ireland, and at one time banned, the harp is an instrument that speaks to emancipation. In this one-off performance for Assembly, The tools of surveillance and the tools of serenity sees Griffin look to the aural traditions of early Irish harpists and builds on the artist’s practice in experimental score composition and musical collaboration.The duo will bring together harp, electronic distortion, motors, and programming software Max MSP to produce a work of sonic polarisation; melody competing with noise, meditative repetition with collapse of order.
Approximate Stage Timings
19.00 Vivienne Griffin with Úna Monaghan
19.45 Brìghde Chaimbeul with Maëva Berthelot and Temitope Ajose
21.00 Vivienne Griffin with Úna Monaghan
21.45 Brìghde Chaimbeul with Maëva Berthelot and Temitope Ajose
ACCESSIBILITY
If you have any accessibility requirements and have any questions, please contact our Visitor Experience team at Somerset House ahead of the event.
Where the Veil Is Thin is commissioned by Somerset House Studios and supported by PRS Foundation’s The Open Fund for Organisations.
