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FCUS (French Connection US)
My recent trip to Southern France, while for "pleasure" (although the boundaries between life/work/art have wear ever thinner), intersected with Sonnambula in myriad ways. Conscious and un-. Most directly, we reconnected with ex-HERE intern, Tristan in his element (see photo below). We were also asked to reccuperate a bottle of lavender oil for a friend. She had brought her pounds of lavendar to a local distillery, which produced several gallons of eau as well as a very rich, expensive transparent oil. We almost lost it to customs on the return flight. I have no clue the use of the oil, but I did spend some time with the dried lavender stalks, which will certainly find their way into Sonnambula. Finally there were the fields of deseccated sunflowers, ready to be mowed for harvest. Nothing more to say about that photo aside from it's obviously drama. Southern France is, actually one possible location of the opera La Sonnambula, although originally set in a "Swiss village", many productions pop it around to other bucolic settings: Southern France, Italy etc.
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I’m intrigued by this. I’m bilingual in French and I’m a tightwire acrobat. I’ve always thought the wire would be a perfect place for a sleepwalker to awaken, especially after not consciously having gotten halfway across. [I once did a circus act where as a clown I got devilishly involved in the wire, going limp- asleep or suddenly reawakening according to a malfunctioning alarm clock. Talk about rude awakenings!] Where can I find out more about your project, plans, and the possibility of becoming involved? 215) 485-8212 I’ve done wire shows in France.
Veuillez recevoir l’expression de mes souhaits les plus respectueux, Nelson
Posted by Nelson Camp on September 21, 2011