SUNDAY WITHOUT LOVE

On the banks of a small body of water on the Renon Plateau, Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson presents the world premiere at TRANSART25 of the performance Sunday Without Love, a site-specific work that fuses music, theatre and visual arts. In this idyllic setting, Kjartansson composes an evocative tableau vivant: musicians and performers, elegantly dressed in costumes inspired by a folk postcard from the 1960s, perform and loop a refrain inspired by a 1996 song by German artist Rocko Schamoni. Against this backdrop of absolute stillness, the words of the song pierce us most mercilessly: “Baby, you must learn to live without love” is a melancholic admonition that makes us reflect with tender bitterness on longing, nostalgia and acceptance.

FREE ENTRY!

When

Sunday 21.09

h 11:30 → h 14:30

Where

Rautnerweiher Lengstein / Laghetto Rautner Longostagno

Ebnerweg 4 Lengstein, 39054 Ritten BZ

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World premiere

On the banks of a small body of water on the Renon Plateau, Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson presents the world premiere at TRANSART25 of the performance Sunday Without Love, a site-specific work that fuses music, theatre and visual arts. In this idyllic setting, Kjartansson composes an evocative tableau vivant: musicians and performers, elegantly dressed in costumes inspired by a folk postcard from the 1960s, perform and loop a refrain inspired by a 1996 song by German artist Rocko Schamoni. Against this backdrop of absolute stillness, the words of the song pierce us most mercilessly: “Baby, you must learn to live without love” is a melancholic admonition that makes us reflect with tender bitterness on longing, nostalgia and acceptance.

FREE ENTRY!

Good to know

Food and drinks available

Info for reaching the location

You can reach the Rautner pond in about 10 to 15 minutes on foot from the bus terminal no. 165 in Via Am Kirchsteig, where there is also free parking. Simply cross the pedestrian zebra crossing in front of the Longostagno Fire Station and follow the signs along the way.

Performance with music by

Ragnar Kjartansson and Davíð Þór Jónsson

Vocals

Ragnar Kjartansson

Vocals & guitar

Davíð Þór Jónsson

Vocals & cello

Adele Pardi

Vocals & celtic harp

Matilda Cunietti

Vocals & celtic harp

Michele Valcanover

Vocals

Damiana Dellantonio

Vocals

Giovanni Dallapè

Vocals

Lea Schiller

Vocals

Kormákur Cortes

Vocals

Sólveig Katrín Ásdísardóttir Ragnarsdóttir

Based on lyrics and music by 

Rocko Schamoni 

Courtesy of the artist, Luhring Augustine, New York and i8 Gallery, Reykjavik

photo: ©RagnarKjartansson
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