EDITION 2011
OFFenes BERLIN
DESCRIPTIONS
TREMOR - Sebastian Matthias
with: Lisanne Goodhue, Sebastian Matthias, Isaac Spencer
Twitching, swaying, trembling and falling. What is the essence of these movements? What are their different effects on the senses and the body? Various dance-like movements can be distinguished from one another in terms of "movement attributes". Together with Isaac Spencer, Lisanne Goodhue and Anna Wehsarg, Sebastian Matthias develops choreographic building blocks to create compositions of tension. When dance movement not intended for expression is formalized, the result is a strong concentration on the sensual. This result is then complemented and reinforced by audio frequencies: Jassem Hindi's tactile sound installations turn the stage into an acoustic body.
Sebastian Matthias studied performing arts at the Juilliard School (New York City) and mastered in dance studies at the Free University of Berlin (thesis on the body's perspective in Groove). As a choreographer his works were presented in Germany, Switzerland, Israel, Peru, United States, Canada. In 2004 he was awarded the Hector Zaraspe Prize for Choreography. Since 2007, he has worked on "movement attributes". In 2008 became Laureate of Pépinieres européennes pour jeunes artistes what enabled him to be artist in residence in Montreal.
DANCE AND SHORT FICTION
with: Jan Rohwedder, Christopher Felix-Hahn, Lina Stone
Speaking of the preponderant influence of film on the conception of contemporary art, Dominique Paini has stated: "For a long time, the cinema came out of the other arts, now it is the plastic art which come out of it. But in fact it is the whole of history that comes out of cinematic acceleration, out of this movement in cinema and television!"
INTERPASSIVE PARADISE
with: Dennis Deter i Anja Müller
In Interpassive Paradise Dennis Deter and Anja Müller are following their fascination with storytelling as a collective gift. Inspired by Comic Art they are searching for narratives that does not take place in the visible, not within the pictures. Here, the untold and the in-between is assigned to make the story. For this, Anja and Dennis use bodies, that are not their own, and visit places, that are forgotten: bygone locations, vacation paradises, memories and longings. In contrast to the usual 24 pictures per second that eye and brain normally have to follow, they seek to displace the permanent stimulus by resonance. Everyone, spectator and performer, is invited to become the active creator of his very own narration. Interpassive Paradise is a rework of a piece, formerly known as "blood in the gutter".
SKYPE DUET
with: Brina Stinehelfer / Per Aspera Productions
An Intercontinental, International Theater Piece
Performed live simultaneously in New York and Szczecin through Skype. A woman tries to relate and connect to the world around her, using a laptop as the mode in which she communicates. This piece examines computer-mediated communication and the human need for connection - the evolution of humanity through technology. It explores the artistic and personal applications of the Internet technology, as it is more fully integrated into our communications, relationships, lives. This piece is a striking model of what the new form of Internet-based performance has to offer and brings into question our re-evaluated notions of what it means to be connected to one another.
DER BLICK AUF DEM FENSTER
by Julian Bisesi, Andreas Greiner i Jan Tilman Schade.
with: Helga Hermann, Nils Wiese, Inge Wiese, Jan Tilmann Schade, Andreas Greiner i Julian Bisesi.
Through a half-open blinds of a massive front window a dim winter light breaks in, covering a concert piano, old gym machines and building materials with a surreal glare. A utopian space is thus created, inviting to an encounter with people who draw their potential from other generations and passions. That potential is a mixture of life experiences and enthusiasm of youth, artistic virtuosity and a plain pleasure of acting. It is a space of an absolute possibility.
