Hyperion / Diotima

A new artistic collaboration between Lenz Rifrazioni and Paul Wirkus, internationally renowned Polish electronic musician, for a contemporary creation inspired by Friedrich Hölderlin's Hyperion, the epistolary novel written in his youth. To the poet, philosopher, German romantic playwright Lenz dedicated Refractions, at its beginnings (1991-1994), a very long research journey unique in Italy (with the staging of the three drafts of The Death of Empedocles, Oedipus the tyrant, Antigone, Hölderlin-Foscolo, I was of the fourths). Returns to the beloved author after many years, with a performance inspired by Diotima, figure among the most complex of Hölderlini's mythography.
Paul Wirkus, considered among the greatest exponents of contemporary electronic music, was born in Poland in 1967 and lives in Cologne. Dal 1990 he is acclaimed as a composer of minimal electronic and improvisation and obtains prestigious international recognition. His work has been appreciated and reviewed by magazines such as the English "The Wire" and "Pitchfork Media", the German “DE:BUG” and “Spex ” and more.

Musica | Paul Wirkus
Visual and dramaturgy | Francesco Pititto
Installation | plastic elements | regia | Maria Federica Masters
Performer | Valentina Barbarini
Treatment | Elena Sorbi
Organization | Ilaria Stocchi
Communication | Violetta Fulchiati
Lights and technique | Alice Scartapacchio
Production | Lenz Refractions