Suzanne Treister, UK Operation Swanlake 2003-2004, Berlin/UK 31’00’’

Utilizing the harnessed energy of a black hole located in the constellation Cygnus, Operation Swanlake began in 2028 as an attempt to develop audio frequencies capable of communicating with the universe. Hypothesizing a connection, substantiated through alchemical research, sonic components were initially developed using retrieved recordings of swans from specific historical periods and global locations and from first performances of Wagner's Lohengrin (The Swan Knight) at the Hoftheatre, Weimar in 1850 and Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake in 1895 at the Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg.

b. in London, UK.

Selected solo & group shows (2003-2004):

- "Kunstlerhaus Bethanien", 2004, Berlin, Germany; London, UK

- "Metis:Time/Beam me up", 2004, Canberra, Australia

- "Unframed", 2004, London, UK

- "Fly Utopia!" transmediale.04, 2004, Berlin, Germany

- "Paradies" ("Paradise"), 2003, Berlin, Germany

- "Don't Call it Performance", 2003, Madrid-Murcia-Seville, Spain