Architects sometimes build two buildings from the same architectural plans.
The buildings and their plans are identical but their uses and the people who use them are quite different. With a dark and challenging sense of humor, the opera explores some of these people in their parallel yet opposite lives. Katchor is the creator of Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer and the best-selling comic strip novel, The Jew of New York . His work has won him awards, national syndication and a huge cult following. The Carbon Copy Building is based on his strips, with projections scripted and drawn by Katchor.