harri kanta (the song of the stone) is an interactive audiovisual project, a stage for 7 fantastic creatures who inhabit and sing the landscape of Euskal Herria (Basque Country). Between reality and fiction, (pre)History and stories, this piece is a journey to the core of an alternative history of Euskal Herria, exploring the idea that it is still inhabited by genies from its forgotten animist mythology. What emerges is a fable that interweaves tales of resistance (to Christianity, industrialization, the French and Spanish administrations, patriarchy, capitalism…), folklore and queer theory.

Visitors can explore different timelines to meet the creatures in the form of a first-person “video-game”. The magical artefacts of the characters are the controllers. They will activate different versions of the experience.

harri kanta is orchestrated by Juliette Lizotte and made possible by a network of collaborators from Euskal Herria and the Netherlands:
– world-building and performance: Maider Aldasoro, Izaro Ieregi, Ane Sagüés Abad, Jon Regueiro, Juliette Garms, Noah Cohen, and Juliette Lizotte
– pre-production: Maider Aldasoro (costumes), Lucile Irigoyen (assistant costumes), Noah Cohen (scenographic objects), and Andoni Zamora (script and performance development assistant, songwriting, translation, costume assistant), Juliette Lizotte (art direction, script, character development, songwriting, costume assistant, production).
– audiovisual production: Maider Aldasoro, Izaro Ieregi, Ane Sagüés Abad, Jon Regueiro, Juliette Garms, Noah Cohen (performers), Juliette Lizotte (performer and director), Adèle Grégoire & Antoine Vazquez (image), Fabian Reichle (sound), Andoni Zamora (assistant director), Fanny Spano (production), Lucile Irigoyen (stage management).
– Installation: Noah Cohen (sculptural installation), vo ezn (technical installation), Jules Durand (typographic development), Juliette Lizotte (art direction, post production).

The project is supported by Stimuleringsfonds, La Fondation des Artistes, Sickhouse and Overkill Festival.
Thanks to Centro Huarte in Navarre for hosting the project, for making the costumes, magic objects and songs for the creatures, and to OKAY CONFIANCE for production support during the shoot.