L’amour rebelle explores sexuality and conflict by reimagining Georges Bizet’s classic opera Carmen. In this clip, Carmen enters into a landscape of discarded feathers, which reference the Rebel Bird above. It was made by combining hand-drawn frames (featuring the model Roy Joseph Butler) with digital particle effects and compositing.
L’amour rebelle is the first-ever live opera on the blockchain. Created by Leo Crane, Merav Eldan and Zachary Whitney, it premiered with a performance in Los Angeles on 29 March 2022. These loops are from the award-winning film, which launched at the Oscar-qualifying Provincetown International Film Festival in June 2022.
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