Dies Irae
Maria W Horn (composer), Dan Flavin (light installation)
From the article:
“Dies Irae” in Chiesa Rossa: in between sound and space Dies Irae
Maria W Horn (composer), Dan Flavin (light installation)
On December 15th, 2022, the Chiesa di Santa Maria Annunciata in Chiesa Rossa in Milan hosted the sensational performance of “Dies Irae” by composer Maria W Horn. Inspired by the latin poem “Dies Irae,” the pièce for women’s vocal quartet is an attempt to channel the artist’s angst about our future in relation to the forthcoming climate collapse and manifest it into a lamentation whereby the use of the Latin poem describing the last judgement serves as a metaphor for the state of being in the Anthropozoic age. Developed by MMT in collaboration with Threes Productions and Fondazione Prada, the event was supported by the Ministero della Cultura and the Comune di Milano as part of Milano è Viva, “Antico futuro: universo e fantascienza”.
