Scott Fields Ensemble »pekar« at Dialograum Kreuzung An St. Helena

Harvey Pekar is a legendary American underground comic. His graphic novels revolve around his life as a file clerk and record collector in Cleveland, Ohio. With a dry sense of humor, he pays special attention to supposedly boring stories of everyday life, creating amusing episodes with which readers can identify. In 2003, Pekar's film American Splendor, starring Oscar nominee Paul Giamatti as Pekar and Golden Globe winner Hope Davis, was his big international breakthrough.
Composer Scott Fields got to know Pekar through his work as a music critic, and the two artists, who both came from Jewish families, developed a respectful and friendly working relationship that lasted for many years....

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Harvey Pekar is a legendary American underground comic. His graphic novels revolve around his life as a file clerk and record collector in Cleveland, Ohio. With a dry sense of humor, he pays special attention to supposedly boring stories of everyday life, creating amusing episodes with which readers can identify. In 2003, Pekar's film American Splendor, starring Oscar nominee Paul Giamatti as Pekar and Golden Globe winner Hope Davis, was his big international breakthrough.
Composer Scott Fields got to know Pekar through his work as a music critic, and the two artists, who both came from Jewish families, developed a respectful and friendly working relationship that lasted for many years.
Fields has now set a selection of episodes from the American Splendor comic collection to music, breaking new ground in contemporary art. In doing so, he explores musical spaces where jazz and new music meet. A video performance created especially for the production makes images and English texts visible and legible, creating a surprising audio-visual Gesamtkunstwerk.

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