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2022 Euphoria 2022

Julian Rosefeldt

Ticket sales for this production start 1 april




Julian Rosefeldt makes overwhelming film installations. His latest work Euphoria gives supporters and opponents of capitalism a platform and makes both the ‘euphoric’ and destructive sides of consumerism tangible.


In this spectacular new film installation, texts about economy and capitalism are spoken and sung by acclaimed international actors, dancers and a hundred and fifty singers from the Brooklyn Youth Chorus. Further whipping things up are celebrated contemporary jazz drummers, including Terri Lyne Carrington and Steve Gadd.


Ticket sales for this production start 1 april




Julian Rosefeldt makes overwhelming film installations. His latest work Euphoria gives supporters and opponents of capitalism a platform and makes both the ‘euphoric’ and destructive sides of consumerism tangible.


In this spectacular new film installation, texts about economy and capitalism are spoken and sung by acclaimed international actors, dancers and a hundred and fifty singers from the Brooklyn Youth Chorus. Further whipping things up are celebrated contemporary jazz drummers, including Terri Lyne Carrington and Steve Gadd.


Rosefeldt incorporates existing texts from literature, politics and pop culture in his installations, which include the successful Manifesto with actress Cate Blanchett (Holland Festival 2017), and brings these to life in a new context. For Euphoria, he uses texts from different people including Donna Haraway, Karl Marx and Ayn Rand, each shining a different light on capitalism. 

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dates

11 to 26 June, various time slots between 12 and 6 p.m.

prices

  • default € 15
  • CJP/student € 8

information

  • English surtitles: English, Dutch

  • 2 hours

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Background

The new musical film installation from film maker and video artist Julian Rosefeldt, Euphoria, will have its world premiere at the Holland Festival. For this project, he is working with composers Samy Moussa and Cassie Kinoshi, as well as five of the best contemporary jazz drummers: Terri Lyne Carrington, Steve Gadd, Antonio Sanchez, Eric Harland and Yissy Garcia. His earlier work Manifesto, with Cate Blanchett in all the leading roles, was part of Holland Festival 2017, after his festival debut in 2016 with Die Schöpfung.


‘It is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.’ - Philosopher Frederic Jameson


Background

The new musical film installation from film maker and video artist Julian Rosefeldt, Euphoria, will have its world premiere at the Holland Festival. For this project, he is working with composers Samy Moussa and Cassie Kinoshi, as well as five of the best contemporary jazz drummers: Terri Lyne Carrington, Steve Gadd, Antonio Sanchez, Eric Harland and Yissy Garcia. His earlier work Manifesto, with Cate Blanchett in all the leading roles, was part of Holland Festival 2017, after his festival debut in 2016 with Die Schöpfung.


‘It is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.’ - Philosopher Frederic Jameson


Rosefeldt’s new film installation explores why, to this day, there seems to be no viable alternative to capitalism, and why it remains so difficult to resist, even for people aware of its destructive nature. Rosefeldt: ‘Capital, money and greed are key concepts of our time. Today, the destructive potential of a euphoric, unlimited consumption binge and the seldom questioned motto of continual economic growth unfolds globally and limitlessly.’


Texts

For his previous work Manifesto, Rosefeldt drew from the various artistic manifestos that were written in the 20th century. With Euphoria, he is making a type of cinematic re-enactment of both pro- and anti-capitalist texts. The project quotes original texts by well-known economists, writers, philosophers and poets. Persons quoted include: Donna Haraway, Mark Fisher, Ayn Rand, Silvia Federici, Audre Lorde, Angela Davis, Karl Marx, Thomas Hobbes, Ursula K. Le Guin, William Faulkner, Socrates, John Steinbeck, Virginie Despentes, Milton Friedman, Theodor W. Adorno, Albert Einstein, Warren Buffet and many more. These are presented in everyday sets on which actors and poets, including the Italian-American Giancarlo Esposito, play the role of marginalised and underprivileged people in our society.


Ecstatic music

The youth choir, composed of a hundred and fifty children surrounding the audience in a circular, life-size projection, serves as a commenting voice, as society’s conscience. The drummers represent the restless machinery behind capitalism. Sometimes this results in a synchronous pulsing beat, and at other moments in a quite chaotic multitude of interwoven rhythmic patterns. The large circular set-up in the impressive Central Market Hall provides an overwhelming experience in which visitors can fully immerse themselves.


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credits

text Julian Rosefeldt direction Julian Rosefeldt executive producer Wassili Zygouris camera Christoph Krauss concept music Julian Rosefeldt composition Samy Moussa extra music Cassie Kinoshi Brooklyn Youth Chorus Director Dianne Berkun Menaker executive producer Kiev Tatyana Kurmaz / Family Productions executive producer Sofia Konstantina Manolova / Solent Film set design Nadja Götze costumes Daniela Backes, Bina Daigeler hair and make-up Julia Böhm, Katharina Thieme sound editing David Hilgers, Oliver Göbel sound design Thomas Appel dramaturgy Tobias Staab editing Bobby Good commissioned by Park Avenue Armory production Park Avenue Armory co-commissioned by Holland Festival, Ruhrtriennale, Rising: Melbourne in participation with Weltkulturerbe Völklinger Hütte made possible with a donation by Frank Arents, Helena van den Berg, Benien van Berkel, Cornelie Bierens de Haan, Ellen Birnie, Montina Braaksma, Andre Broekmans, Luitje Douma, Evelien Eshuis, Johan Geerts, Servaas Hensen, Jeroen Ketting, Johanna Kuijpers, Jan Laan, Ton en Jannie Liefaard-van Dijk, Anne van der Linden-Taverne, Evelyne Merkx, Yolande van Reijen, G.P. van der Sman, Marianne Smits, Wieke Verbeek, Kinan Azmeh, Raymond van Vliet, Wolbert en Barbara Vroom-Cramer, Egbert Wolf

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