The Concert
2022
Full colour, sound
36 minutes duration
Unfolding in nine parts, The Concert depicts a series of worlds and characters that appear to span time and space, and which are woven together by a reoccurring object—a large, mysterious, glass-like ring. These recurring rings are in fact the iconic acoustic reflectors that hung in the Sydney Opera House’s Concert Hall from its opening in 1973 until 2020, when they were decommissioned to make way for new acoustic technology. In The Concert, Goh places this historical artefact inside dreamlike sequences and surreal worlds, to explore how artefacts remain but mythology carries memory and meaning through time.
The Concert features an extensive cast of performers ranging from seven to 76 years old. Filmed onsite at the Sydney Opera House in its hidden and interstitial zones, as well as its satellite open air storage facility, The Concert takes one of the most recognisable buildings on the planet and renders it into otherworldy terrain.
Artist, Director, Choreographer: Angela Goh
Cinematographer, Editor: Matt McGuigan
Composer: Corin Ileto
Costume Designer: Verity Mackey
Costume collaborators: Lily Golightly, Nichola Farnan, Georgia Harper
Script writer: Holly Childs
Songwriter: Marcus Whale
Typography: Wei Huang
Hair and Make-up: Amelia Fell
Performers:
Lily Golightly, Angela Goh, Lotte Flood, Bela Trezise, Cosima Trezise, Ginger Payne, Georgie Payne, Rozsa Pandolfini Kirkwood, Sabine Pandolfini Kirkwood, Willow Billy-Rowland, Eugene Choi, Ellen Davies, Verity Mackey, Ivey Wawn, Marcus Whale, Clare Grant, Molly McKenzie, Gemma Sattler, Lee Serle, Lizzie Thomson, Alice Weber
Additional Camera and Crew:
Tim McGuigan, Eleanor Witt, Sam Powyer
Special Thanks:
Fiona Winning, Micheal Do, Laura Matrese, Alida Eisermann, Dean Jakubowski and Mark Pritchard at the Sydney Opera House; Isabel Rouch, Anna May Kirk, Aggie Choi, Joe Vella, Seet Dance, Charemaine Seet, Michael Crewdson, Bryoni Trezise, Sarah Linton, Dominic Kirkwood, Vanessa Billy, Dominic Rowland, Holly Smith, Legs on the Wall, Joshua Thomson, James Beach, Juan, Villamor, Dylan Nicolas, Matt Cornell
Commissioning credits:
Commissioned and presented by Sydney Opera House as part of New Work Now, enabled by Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects.
Screening and Exhibitions:
September 10 – December 31 – Sydney Opera House STREAM digital platform, as part of 50:50: 50 films celebrating 50 Iconic Years, online, worldwide
June 10-August 6 – exhibition, Shedhalle, as part of ProtoZone 11: It’s Weird, Zurich, Switzerland
June 9 2023 – screening, Shedhalle, as part of Zurich Art Weekend, Zurich, Switzerland
March 1-April 1 2023 – exhibition, The Substation, as part of Frame Biennial, Melbourne, Australia
November 17-19 2022 – world premiere screenings, Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia
