The Bregenz Festspiele invites stage designers to create a stage sculpture for a two year duration on Lake Constance.

Es Devlin’s sculpture for Carmen is a pair of hands rising 25 metres out of the water of Lake Constance. The hands are throwing a pack of cards in the air and within this freeze frame of a gesture the performance takes place. The opera is performed on and among the scattered and floating cards – every surface of which evolves throughout the performance with projected video.