Parsifal Unpacked - An Introduction
Event description
Ink Pot Arts, in collaboration with Painted Space, is launching The Parsifal Project June 2022! This multimedia year-long community project is a contemporary envisioning of the famous medieval legend, one that aims to reframe the Parsifal legend for a modern multicultural audience – then stages it in 2023.
This is a unique opportunity to take part in the development of this multifaceted process.
Join us! Whether your interest is myths and legends, sacred art, writing or performing, or even your own quest through life, there is something for anyone and everyone fascinated with the mystery of the Grail legend.
Stage 1: Parsifal Unpacked
A series of 6 webinars, deconstructing the story through image and text
Mondays 7-8.30pm (Adelaide time) 13th, 20th & 27th June; 4th & 11th July 2022
Saturday 16th July 2-3.30pm
“Most societies have come to define themselves by their historical myths and national narratives. We are, who we say we are... people grow up believing they live within a story … what is the story we believe we are living within? Where is our narrative going? “ Prof. David Blight, 2009
What are the myths and legends we live by? Why do the Grail legends still speak to us today? And who was Parsifal? Who was his sister Dindrane? What might they represent for us in modern, multicultural Australia today?
Immerse yourself in this rich exploration of the Parsifal legend. Using drama and image, we will introduce you to this sacred story through snapshot performances from the definitive literary texts, artworks and modern films.
Course Facilitator: Fiona Campbell, with guest artists.
Image credit: How Sir Galahad, Sir Bors and Sir Percival Were Fed with the Sanct Grael: but Sir Percival's Sister Died by the Way (1864), Dante Gabriel Rossetti. (c) Tate. Photo: Tate