Elegy for Young Lovers
Lynette Wallworth’s interactive video installations formed part of English National Opera and Young Vic’s joint production of Elegy for Young Lovers, directed by acclaimed actress and director Fiona Shaw.
Elegy for Young Lovers, a rarely staged masterpiece with music by Hans Werner Henze’s and libretto by W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman, centres on poet Gregor Mittenhofer who travels to an inn in the Austrian Alps in the hope of gaining artistic inspiration. Consumed by his desire for recognition he begins to exploit and destroy the lives of those around him to satisfy his creativity and ego.
Wallworth’s work is fundamentally responsive with a strong focus on interactivity of the viewer with the work. She presented a series of video interventions responding (some in real time) to the action of the performers, others as visual narrative for the work and another inviting the audience to engage directly the video. Wallworth worked alongside video engineer Matt Jakob to collaborate in the creation of these exciting works. This production was presented at the Young Vic theatre in spring 2010.
Watch a trailer here:
Elegy for Young Lovers
Video Artist: Lynette Wallworth
Video design: Lynette Wallworth and Tom Pye
Video design engineered by Matt Jakob
Video Artwork produced by Forma
Image: courtesy of the artist
