
Eurydice / La Biennale di Venice
Thu 01 Sept
|Venice
La Biennale di Venezia presents 'Eurydice, a descent into infinity' in the context of Venice Immersive Island.
Time & Location
01 Sept 2022, 00:00 – 10 Sept 2022, 23:59
Venice, Lazzaretto Vecchio, 30126 Venice, Italy
About the event
Eurydice, a descent into infinity
For centuries we have mused on the infinity of our soul, which leaves our body after death as a temporary shell and continues to wander. Whether reincarnating, ascending to a heaven or being uploaded to the cloud. They are all desires based on the contradiction between the deceptive material world and a higher eternal reality in which we acquiesce.
is a Virtual Reality opera in which you, as a spectator, immerse yourself in an immersive experience. An individual journey, inspired by the ancient myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. A battle between matter and eternity, in which time fades and the laws of space fall. 'Where do you belong? Between wandering, disembodied souls or with your feet in the clay?'Eurydice, a descent into infinity
Eurydice's hypnotic singing draws you deeper and deeper into the labyrinth of corridors, ruins and balustrades, beyond which dizzying depths and vista…