Following its premiere at Somerset House Studios last autumn, A Riot In Three Acts travels to HOME, Manchester. A large-scale installation using the tropes and techniques of cinema, in the form of an expansive film set and cinematic score, the installation considers riots and civil uprisings that have occurred in response to systemic injustice experienced by marginalised communities. Evolving from Perretta’s experience as a young person during the UK riots in 2011, the work explores the narratives of our urban spaces, and the social inequality and racial violence that shape them.
A Riot in Three Acts (2024) was originally commissioned by and developed in residence at Somerset House Studios. The score, A Requiem for the Dispossessed (2024), is co-commissioned by Somerset House Studios and the Manchester Camerata, by arrangement with NEWFORM MUSIC.
