Commissioned by Dieter Kägi, Gen Atem conceived, choreographed and produced, together with the artist S213, a multi-media opera to the musical composition Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky in the version by Maurice Ravel. It was premiered on September 2, 2021 together with the Biel Solothurn Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kaspar Zehnder. While Mussorgsky’s composition was based on pictures by the artist Viktor Hartmann the two artists Gen Atem and S213 reversed the process and created a visual and multi-media work to the music of Mussorgsky. The result is a work that combines classical music and the various elements of Hip hop such as graffiti, scratching and breakdancing. Photo Credit: Hanspeter Baertschi and Miriam Bossard.
