Fahrenheit
Kamil Dossar / Iraq & Denmark / 2026 / World Premiere / 20 min
In a strange musical autopsy of post-war Iraq, a waiter's daily routine is relentlessly monitored. Her movements take center stage to Bach’s Goldberg Variations.
In a small town on the outskirts of Babylon, a waiter clears a table in a quiet restaurant. Her every movement is closely monitored by a production line of cameras and cranes, an elaborate apparatus that simulates and recreates the scene as spectacle. ‘Fahrenheit’ is a personal and intimate musical gaze into post-war Iraq and how we relate to the “other.” Lead by Bach’s Goldberg Variations, we watch as two worlds collide: one from the core of an empire, and the other living in subjugation to it.
