Includes bibliographical references. In Fall 2014 Parzival was exhibited in Leuven and later donated to the University of Leuven.
Summary:
In-depth analysis of Victor Burgin's video installation Parzival (2013). 0In commemoration of the destruction of the University Library of Leuven (Belgium) in August 1914, the projection work Parzival, created by Victor Burgin (℗ʻUK, 1941) in 2013, was installed within the rebuilt Library. The installation uniquely marked the 100th anniversary of the beginning of World War I, which left its profound traces on both the consciousness and physiognomy of the city of Leuven. Parzival is a montage piece combining digital images of ruins and bombed out cities with audio-visual and literary material that references, amongst other works, Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal (premiere in 1882), Roberto Rossellini's Germany Year Zero (1948) and Milan Kundera's novel Identity (1998). 00This publication provides an in-depth analysis of Parzival, a work that is inspired by the period of seven months that Wagner spent in Venice (1858-1859). Burgin's Parzival raises questions about some of the most fundamental elements in Wagner's operatic work: the longing for a savior, the complex connection between violence and catharsis, and the presentiment that destruction awaits humanity in the future (Gotterdammerung).
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