Anonymous Ensemble’s Llontop begins with an interactive installation featuring a display of color-drenched Peruvian heirlooms including some pre-Columbian Moche pottery. Through individualized audio journeys the installation serves to contextualize the poetry of Irma Alvarez-Ccoscco. Her song-poems present perspectives of various Andean women throughout Quechua history from the brutal conquest of the Incas in 1532, through centuries of cultural survival despite harsh colonialist oppression, to the present-day burgeoning of Quechua pride and advocacy. The poems are sung and spoken by Alvarez-Ccoscco and are supported by Anonymous Ensemble’s signature “live film” aesthetic with multiple camera feeds, projections, a lush soundscape, and a simultaneous livestream of the performance to online audiences throughout the world. (program approx. 60 mins.)
Know before you go
Llontop is a show in three parts: a walkthrough of the installation, the performance itself, and a conversation following the performance.
- Doors will open at 7 PM for audiences to walk through the installation before the show begins at 8 PM—this is an important part of the experience, please arrive early.
- Groups will be led through the installation 10 at a time.
- Audience members will need a cellphone to scan the QR code for the explanation that leads them through the installation, as well as a pair of headphones if possible.
- A cash bar and complementary Peruvian food will be available in the lobby before the performance.