Overture to the Quietus
Inspired by the Sirens of Ulysses, and drawing on her Irish and West African heritage, Fehdah has composed and curated a selection of original and traditional pieces, with the world premiere taking place on the Manifesto Stage at MindField, Electric Picnic 2022.
Together, these pieces constitute a reflection of the crossroads between cultural identity and Joycean thought patterns. Using alluring and fragmented soundscapes, they express Odysseus’s or Bloom’s dilemma of needing to belong, but resisting being subsumed by a narrow identity.
'Amhrán Mhuínse' was filmed and recorded in collaboration with Suntou Susso at the Old Physics Theatre in MoLI - the Museum of Literature Ireland earlier this year.
Amhrán Mhuínse
Created by Fehdah
Performed by Fehdah and Suntou Susso
Film by Néstor Romero Clemente
Produced by Gráinne Pollak
Camera operators | Néstor Romero Clemente and Slawek Bracki
Sound engineer | Simon Cullen
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Inspired by the Sirens of Ulysses, and drawing on her Irish and West African heritage, Fehdah has composed and curated a selection of original and traditional pieces, with the world premiere taking place at Electric Picnic 2022.
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