Like everything, there is always an idea at the very beginning and this time was no exception. Rui Horta gave me a drawing with a set design to be created in 3D. Creating environments in 3D is always good for a first impression of the set, to detect possible flaws and to comunicate ideas with [...]
This all started with Rui Horta’s idea of having a physical tree on stage that would support my visual projections. Rui Horta came up with a drawing and I quickly put it to 3D and sent to the great artist and set designer João Paulo Araújo who made this great master piece! After the tree [...]
Flowering Tree Click here if you want to know more about the software that played the projections. Rehearsals: After the performance, there was a fantastic dinner with plenty of indian flavours and music and the tree was moved to the outside garden:
A Flowering Tree by John Adams, inspired by Mozart’s Magic Flute. This performance, previously presented in March at Cité de la Musique in Paris, in the context of a festival dedicated to John Adams, and conducted by Joana Carneiro, in Lisbon will involve the scenic intervention of Rui Horta.
