Calypso’s Dream

At 9am – Manja Ristić & Mark Vernon present a soundscape collection sculpted from the subtle sonic morphologies of the micro-environments on the island of Mljet in the South Adriatic.

“Cruel folk you are, unmatched for jealousy, you gods who cannot bear to let a goddess sleep with a man.” (Calypso to Hermes, who has just ordered her to release Odysseus. Homer, Odyssey 5.120)

The composition serves as a conceptual counterpoint to Homer’s Odyssey and a critical reflection on commercial island attractions such as Odysseus’s Cave, where he was supposedly held captive for seven long years by the nymph Calypso.