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This week I bring you -- Earthelujah— from a long-running Zurich arts festival at Landiwiese on a hot night, under a moon, near an inflatable pink cathedral, along the lake, I came upon my long-time friend and colleague, William Talen as Rev Billy and His Stop Shopping Choir.

We sit lakeside and talk with the curators of the festival, with Rev Billy, Savitri D, and members of the choir.

 

Then please come with me as we go behind the scenes as they prepare for a performance.

 

Come along to enjoy the backstage planning banter, warm-ups, show excerpts and the sermon, and learn how a bullhorn can bridge or cleave cultures. 

 

It happened that I'm on the West Coast of Lake Zurich, working on another project, flaneuring, seeking out the art center, Rote Fabrik, a repurposed textile plant in south Zurich. 



On my way for a coffee in the lakeside cafe,



 

I saw poster of a character I know, Rev Billy!  My colleague and friend was somewhere within a kilometer.



The shipping container (with a window) dressing room for the choir.





Such vibrancy ready for the big show.




An inflatable and illuminated cathedral.

And on the stage, the 10pm show, ex-cathedra,
a sunrise service in the night.
Stirring up the Zurich "congregation."

 

 

Sedge’s flâneur files. 

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