The Masses, 2017. Cyclops concert in collaboration with Philippe Eustachon and Enrique Arriaga. Cabaret Voltaire, Zürich, 2016. HD video, B/W and color with sound. Lenght 47'. Photo: Estudio Amorales. Artist archive

Estudio Amorales – The Masses

A single-shot video recording of a rock band’s performance at the Cabaret Voltaire in Zürich. The band plays five songs made up of fragments of a speech by Antonin Artaud, developing a narrative that moves from the subjetivity of the individual to its dissolution in the masses. In The Masses a concert is proposed as a cinematic apparatus in which performance, poetry and music come together, describing the existencial exodus of the subject in its confrontation with society.A single-shot video recording of a rock band’s performance at the Cabaret Voltaire in Zürich. The band plays five songs made up of fragments of a speech by Antonin Artaud, developing a narrative that moves from the subjetivity of the individual to its dissolution in the masses.

Estudio Amorales – The Masses

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Estudio Amorales – The Masses

Poster of the concert in Zürich

Estudio Amorales – The Masses

Lyrics from songs by the band Cyclops, based on speeches by Antonin Artaud, 2016-17. Artist archive

Estudio Amorales – The Masses

Lyrics from songs by the band Cyclops, based on speeches by Antonin Artaud, 2016-17. Artist archive

Estudio Amorales – The Masses

Lyrics from songs by the band Cyclops, based on speeches by Antonin Artaud, 2016-17. Artist archive

Estudio Amorales – The Masses

Lyrics from songs by the band Cyclops, based on speeches by Antonin Artaud, 2016-17. Artist archive

Performance at Cabaret Voltaire, 2016