A collaboration between director Davide Pepe and singer Diamanda Galás, Schrei 27 features several short performances that deal with a variety of issues including torture, beatings and rape.

22 - 23 April.

Galás is known for her arresting concert performances and has been seen in the Barbican Hall on several occasions. SPILL and the Barbican are proud to present this important film installation which deals with asylum institutionalisation, originally commissioned by New American Radio and the Waker Arts Center in Minneapolis (US).
Witness several short performances over the space of twenty-seven minutes alternating extreme high-energy vocal work with absolute silence. These performances reflect the state of a patient subjected to torture through chemical or mechanical manipulation of the brain, kept in a confined space with periodically or randomly triggered bright light, heat, beatings or rapes. There is a high density of speech-sound over time which is often machine-like in its velocity. The work employs the atypical speech and vocal signal processing that Galás has been researching since 1979.

Watch the promo video here.

Performance times start at 1:00pm and every half hour after that.

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COMPETITION: 1x Pair of tickets to attend SPILL / Davide Pepe / Diamanda Galás: 'Schrei 27' at the Barbican for any screening depending on availability on either 22 or 23 April.



To claim your tickets, send an email to vienna@run-riot.com with the correct answer in the ‘subject’ box. The winner will be randomly selected.



Q: What does 'Schrei' translate into?

A: 1) Cream! .2) Scream! .3) Dream! .4) Team!