Performance
Eldarin X Omar: The Epic of Gilgamesh
9 Aug 2023
Regular hours
- Wed, 09 Aug
- 19:00 – 20:00
Free admission
Address
- MS Heimatland
- Märkisches Ufer 1z
- Berlin
Berlin - 10179
- Germany
Travel Information
- 165, 265 - Märkisches Museum
- U2 - Märkisches Museum
- S3, S5, S7, S9 - S-Bahn Jannowitzbrücke
A live performance with music, video art, and performance drawing.
About
Who is Gilgamesh? A hero a demi-god or a troubled young man trying to make a name? In an age when men constantly battle each other to death in the name of honour why does Enkidu's death in particular prompt Gilgamesh to abandon his kingdom and adventure to seek the secret of immortality? To strive to seek to find and not to yield. What does he gain by the end of the search?
In this new interpretation of the great Sumerian epic the cross-disciplinary artist Eldarin Yeong, artist Zi Ling and the celebrated percussionist and Youtuber Omar Kattan will explore the themes of power glory and death. The audience will be led to the great city of Uruk into the temple of goddess Inanna/Ishtar and witness the story of this legendary king.
Free event. Suggested donation at the door.
Video Art: Eldarin Yeong, Zi Ling (drawing)
Performance: Eldarin Yeong, Zi Ling (painting performance)
Music: Omar Kattan (percussion)
