Alina Kotova & Svetlana Sataeva
DECADENCE RAVE OPERA SALOME
About the project
A new form of ancient myth, made on a cross of rave ideas and theater canon where the performance is happening in the ears of a dancing spectator. In DECADENCE RAVE OPERA the myth of Salome becomes a story of apocalypse as a process of external and internal transmutation, reflecting the shift of eras and individual soul - searching inside of that. Using a theatrical approach and analysis, authors create musical frescoes and convert their own texts, Wilde’s play, and the biblical myth into soundscapes and situations where universal symbolism intertwines with contemporary imagery, metaphysics with concrete details, and the macrocosm of events with deep introspection and sensuality.

DECADENCE RAVE OPERA SALOME A new form of ancient myth, made on a cross of rave ideas and theater canon where the performance is happening in the ears of a dancing spectator. In DECADENCE RAVE OPERA the myth of Salome becomes a story of apocalypse as a process of external and internal transmutation, reflecting the shift of eras and individual soul -searching inside of that. Using a theatrical approach and analysis, authors create musical frescoes and convert their own texts, Wilde’s play, and the biblical myth into soundscapes and situations where universal symbolism intertwines with contemporary imagery, metaphysics with concrete details, and the macrocosm of events with deep introspection and sensuality. Here, the moon, searching for the dead, glides over the empty ruins of past life and the expanding Rome. Here, Salome's famous words about the "pure prophet" turn into a fiery speech at a political rally. Resurrection, Caesar’s assassination, and miracles are discussed wearily and drunkenly at yet another ministry banquet, to the clinking of glasses, the song "Summertime," and the shouts of protesters outside the palace walls. Today Salome exists on the website www.salome.love Like authors, Salome, has become a nomad, and her home has shifted to the digital realm. Her online life reflects the theme of the desert—nomadism, a journey through cycles of death and rebirth, and uncertainty. Team: Idea & Directing - Alina Kotova Music & Performans - Svetlana Sataeva, Alina Kotova Mixing - Svetlana Sataeva Mastering - Andrey Guryanov Producers - Alexander Starikov, Alina Kotova Image & website by Michael Magarik
About the artist
Name: Alina Kotova
Born — Location: Russia - France

Alina born in 1993 in Chelyabinsk, lived in Canada, the USA, and Moscow. After February 2022, she followed the “classic path” of a nomadic emigrant and today based in Paris. Creates projects at the intersection of theater, cinema, music, and contemporary art. Her Decadence Rave Opera, presented at the RUBEZH festival, was conceived in Russia, recorded in Tbilisi, mixed in Montenegro, and now live in its digital space at www.salome.love