TOMAT – OHT Frankenstein

OHT Frankenstein EP, a sound excerpt from the eponymous play by Office for a Human Theatre, is out today.

Inspired by Frankenstein, the production makes partial and vertical dives into the text, without restrictions on form, language, or duration. Mary W. Shelley’s classic becomes material to be examined, dissected, stitched together, and reassembled. A body open to various experiments: theatrical performance, reading sessions, installations, a film adaptation, and culminating in Davide Tomat’s OHT Frankenstein EP, grafted into the book Frankenstein If You Love Solitude You Don’t Love Freedom, published by bruno.

Like the text, the sound evolves through a personal and subjective journey, resonating with both the viewer and the narrative. A direct outcome of the scene and the performers’ actions, all sound material was written, performed, and recorded during rehearsals. Like Mary W. Shelley’s protagonist, the newborn sound learns to navigate the world and gain self-awareness through interaction with humans. The performance, the performers, and the sound gradually take shape and self-awareness, breath by breath. It is precisely breath, through the performers’ voices, that represents the genesis of the sound: the monster trying to express itself, with the noise slowly taking form and consciousness.

Music – Davide Tomat
Mix and master – Maurizio Borgna
Melodic – Silvia Costa
Artwork designer – Filippo Andreatta
Artwork editor – Francesco Serasso
Production – Office for a Human Theatre
Label – Superbudda