Hospice Lazy - Alwynne Pritchard/Alpaca Ensemble

Marcel Duchamp proposed creating a 'hospice des paresseux'. A place were lazy people could take refuge. With this in mind, Alwynne Pritchard’s “Hospice Lazy” explores the subversive powers and pleasures of laziness and inertia through music, text, movement and specially constructed machines designed in collaboration with Vigdis Haugtrø and the Trøndelag Orthopaedic Workshop.

Alwynne Pritchard with the Alpaca Ensemble: Else Bø (piano), Sigrid Elisabeth Stang (violin) and Marianne Baudouin Lie (cello)

Alwynne Pritchard is a British performer, composer, artist and curator based in Bergen. She is co-founder of the music-theatre company Neither Nor and Artistic Director of the BIT20 ensemble. Her music is published by Verlag Neue Musik and she is managed by Maestro Arts.

“…playful, sinister and altogether riveting.”
– The Telegraph

Alpaca Ensemble derives from the piano trio Alpaca Trio, a versatile chamber group frequently collaborating with other musicians, artists and composers. They initiate innovative projects crossing and questioning boundaries between established genres, and have had numerous works written for them.

Costumes by Aistė Žumbakytė (developed from original costumes by Aïda Boukenter)

Presented by nyMusikk Bergen in collaboration with Neither Nor and Alpaca Ensemble