The relationship between sound and words

Adam Brimmer catches up with musician and composer Renzo Spiteri ahead of a collaborative performance focusing on contemporary themes.
How was the concept for Now Here, Nowhere born?
I am always interested in creating a dialogue between different art forms, be it theatre, contemporary dance, literature, moving image and so on. Now Here, Nowhere started off with a chance encounter with Giulia Privitelli’s writings while I was on a flight.
The words resonated in a particular manner, and I felt the need to investigate ways I could engage more with her words and writings through some way or another. From the onset, I felt that this shouldn’t be approached as a musico-literary event, but that a more profound relationship between sounds and words should be researched. The tapestry that has emerged is what shaped the treatment of sounds, music and words in this project.

How important for you are the themes that are being tackled in this project?
Extremely! The relevance of the subjects dealt with and transference of sentiments, reactions and experience of a daily nature into writings ignited my urge to seek ways in which I could create a platform for a cross-artistic project that...