LAFAWNDAH / TRUSTFALL

Against the backdrop of a family drama with threatening consequences for the harmony of the world, the tale of Inanna’s Descent portrays the betrayal and uncertain reconciliation between two goddess sisters: Inanna, goddess of fertility and prosperity and Ereshkhigal, goddess of the realm of souls. The outcome of their encounter, years after a sudden tragedy ripped open long- simmering wounds between them, will decide the shape of a new world. Freely adapted from fragments of an ancient Mesopotamian myth, Les carnets d’Inanna : Le Monde d’en bas in on the climactic encounter between Inanna and Ereshkigal, their dialogue spinning a chamber drama of intimate depths and cosmic proportions. Summoning the fantasy space of Inanna’s story, text, movement, voice, song, music and light are continually re-tuned and paired away towards an elemental dreamstate where the barest gesture could invoke multiple worlds at once.

After having worked in music and the fine arts, Lafawndah and Trustfall now unfold the Inanna myth as a place to experiment, play, and travel with the emotional resonances of archetype, myth, image, eros, and imagination. The underworld marks their first steps as stage directors and emerges from their ongoing opera project, La Descente d’Inanna.

Kukii fka Lafawndah is a composer and multidisciplinary artist, based in Paris. Her musical performances have been presented at the Théâtre du Châtelet, the Venice Biennale, the Barbican, the Southbank Center in London, Bozar in Brussels, the Fondation Cartier in Paris, and the Haus Der Kunst in Berlin, amongst others.

Brian William Rogers aka Trustfall is a musician, filmmaker, actor and artist based in Paris. His strongly collaborative practice incorporates composition, improvisation, cinema, and performance. He has toured internationally, and his work has been presented at the Lyon Biennale, MACBA, Ashkal Alwan, Fondation Cartier and the Festival d’Avignon, to name just a few.