Sinclair Beiles: "(I wrote a) choral drama called Genesis, which I did with the
Greek composer Micheal Adamis, which was originally performed at
the Athens festival, which is the largest cultural festival in the world.
The text was a cut-up which I used from a book on water, and after
the cut-up, the text began to look like the story of a rise and fall of a
civilisation. I wanted to have it performed here (in Johannesburg), but the arsehole I
spoke to said no, because it was written in Greek. I objected, saying that
it had been performed in Japan, to which he replied 'That’s different'.
(Sinclair Beiles interviewed by Gary Cummiskey, 1994, included in Who was Sinclair Beiles?, edited by Gary Cummiskey and Eva Kowalska, Dye Hard Press, 2009).
You can read more about Beiles's Genesis collaboration with Michael Adamis here
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